I have numerous Facebook Friends who are currently pastors or have been pastors or involved in church life. This many people with similar interests explains why a recent article has appeared numerous times on my feed. The article describes a pastor’s journey to resignation, citing unreasonable expectations he had experienced…

My most notable characteristic is my ability, or lack of ability, to walk. When I contracted polio in 1951, I was two weeks shy of my first birthday. We lived in Brownwood, Texas, where my father was attending Howard Payne College (I think it’s a university now, although I’m not sure of the difference between the two). …

I recently read an article about an organization that provides background checks for churches. If a church wants to feel safe about those who volunteer to work with children or serve in a leadership position, getting information about that person’s past might be a good idea. The article was full…

If you chart my political leanings over the course of my lifetime, the result might resemble the GPS trail of a lost jogger. My earliest inclinations were what you would expect from a young man who graduated from High School in 1968, perhaps the most absurd year in American history…

I know a lot of folks who quit learning about the time they turned fifty. — I can remember my teenage years, or at least I have memories that may or may not be accurate. At my age, memory can be a fickle thing — dependable at one point in time and then totally unreliable a moment later. …

My earliest encounter with the term religious crusade probably goes back to Junior High history. Still, I don’t remember the term being used much other than when Billy Graham came to town. He went from city to city, holding crusades. I remember watching them on TV, “must watch” television back…

Democrats are preparing to make the same mistake they made in the 2016 presidential election. At that time, they ran the only candidate available who could not defeat Donald Trump — Hillary Clinton. …

As a public service, I occasionally (actually about every three or four years) offer a movie review. Last night, primarily because Sharon and I didn’t want to fight the fireworks crowds and traffic, we went to the movies. The movie we chose was “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.”…

I have discovered that many Christians hold the opinion that they are fulfilling the call of Jesus to take care of the poor by giving their money to the church. It makes sense because we keep telling ourselves it’s the church’s responsibility to take care of people in need. If…