Before 1972, presidential candidates for either political party were not voted on during party primary elections. They were selected by the individual parties during their conventions held months before the general election. The delegates that went to the conventions were the most active and powerful party members from each area […]
Politics
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Every four years we hear calls for “term limits” and yet nothing ever changed. So, why is that the reality? There is nothing in the U.S. Constitution that prevents limits from being established for all elected officials; however, the process of making changes makes it next to impossible. Bills have […]
It seemed like the fireworks had just ended from the 4th of July celebration when hurricane Beryl brought its fireworks into our lives. Many areas in the Houston area now look like a war zone. Big trees are down, destroying many homes with limbs and other debris everywhere. Power lines […]
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr. It was a Sunday in 1977, sometime after we moved to Jersey Village, I sat in the pew with Eva and our two daughters when the Pastor told a story that […]
When a man and a woman are married, their relationship will only be as good as the effort they are willing to put into it. They may say they love each other; however, what do their actions show? Neither individual is perfect, and some imperfections can be more obvious than […]
Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things. Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, because they […]
I do not remember when I first had thoughts or questions about where or when life began. I do remember being taught in school about different theories about the origin of life, one of those was Darwin’s theory of natural selection. By that age, I had some understanding of God […]
“Anti-trans laws hurt children. Jesus had plenty to say about that.” – (link to the article is below) Anti-trans laws hurt children. Jesus had plenty to say about that. (msn.com) This article was written and published by Religion News Service (RNS) which presents itself as a religious news agency. In […]
The book of Revelation is the last book in the Bible. The author was John the Apostle, and it was written between A.D. 90 and 96. It is the “revelation” of Jesus Christ as given to the apostle John. The location was on the island of Patmos where the Roman […]
We are all impacted by events like the killing of innocent lives like those at the Nashville Christian School this week. Our emotions may vary depending on who we are as individuals because we all have a “filter” much like that on a camera that reduces sunlight. They say that […]