Some Vocabulary in the Gun Control Debate

I have been listening intently the past two weeks in the ever increasing intense debate between the right to keep and bare arms, and the desire of many for more “gun control”. I heard Senator Feinstein yesterday speak of the need to ban “assault...

Recharging My Batteries

Every so often we just cannot absorb any more of the world’s insanity, right? Well that’s how I feel right now. I know I cannot stop the world and get off. But I have hit my saturation point (for now) when it comes to enduring an endless march of horrific...

Two Shooters – Same Day February 14th

Did anyone see this story? Two shooters. Two guns. Same day but very different outcomes. Here is the story of Tony Garces and his colleagues at the Faith City Mission in Amarillo Texas. Over 100 lives were at risk on February 14th, 2018 in Texas. No one died. No two...

A Deer in the Headlights of Denial

The lessons of Parkland are a portal into the real problem of active shooters and soft targets in the United States. The real problem is not courage or physical ability or resources. The real problem is denial. As the layers of the Parkland tragedy continue to unfold...

Just As I Am

Back in 1980 my parents and I went camping. A relative came with us…she was a hardened atheist. An admitted communist, actually. Yes, that did make for an interesting camping trip; so long as we steered clear of politics or religion we did just fine. One day we...

Billy Graham

I can hardly measure the effect this man has had on my life. I vaguely remember hearing about Billy Graham or seeing just a snippet of his TV special when I was a little boy. I know that whenever the music of thousands of people singing a hymn would hit the screen,...