Identity Crisis

The news is full of bathroom policies! This morning the Texas Lt. Governor is asking for the Superintendent of the Ft. Worth ISD to resign over his policy of allowing students to go into the restroom of the gender they identify with. Continue reading

Do not bow – do not bend!

It didn’t take long. The ink is just barely dry on the majority decision when I saw this from a church just about 2 hours south of me. This appeared on my Facebook wall –

I got my first request to perform wedding for a gay couple this morning. I politely declined. Continue reading

Obey and disobey

I discovered that drivers and state troopers are much like people and God.

While on my way to work yesterday morning I crested a hill and saw a state trooper with his flashing red and blue lights on. He had pulled over a large truck. Continue reading

Don’t shift the blame!

blameCan sin be blamed on someone else or is it the responsibility of the individual?
The answer is obvious to me; it is an individual. Yet an individual will look for a way to explain it or place the blame elsewhere. Continue reading

What I remember!

great snow of 60 copyIt’s strange to me the things one remembers in life.
It’s like I remember mom carrying me to the car and putting my shoes on but I don’t remember anything else around that time.
I’m not very sure that I can remember things in the right order. Continue reading

Will you recognize Him?

weddingYears ago my mom married a man named Larry.
Larry had three beautiful daughters, one of which was married and had some children about the same age as ours; these were my stepsisters, stepbrother-in-law, and my step nieces.
Mom and Larry lived around Waxahacie, Texas and the children lived closer to Dallas. Continue reading

The Petition

Almost ½ of the states in the union have petitions to secede from the rest of the country.
The state of Texas has well over 100,000 signatures, significantly more than the 25,000 needed to garner the attention of the White House.
All the talk about secession is on the heels of a country divided over the presidential election. Continue reading

The smoke ascends

It’s been a long, hot, dry summer in Texas.
We now hold the all time record for the hottest summer ever in the entire United States. It’s not a record we wanted.
Because of the drought the grass, brush, and trees are nothing but tender kindling that can burn in an instant. Continue reading