Have Patience (James 5: 7-10) Even now when I am in my eighth decade, I can still remember the building excitement we had as kids as Christmas Day slowly, painstakingly slowly, approached. My siblings and I had already poured over the Sears catalogue circling all the toys that we wanted Santa to bring us [...]
Prepare the Way (Matthew 3: 1-12) Teresa and I really enjoy walking the Larry Scott Trail on a nice day when we are feeling energetic. My goal is to one day walk it to at least as far as Lake Crescent and maybe if I survive that to continue on to the Pacific Ocean [...]
The Chosen (Matthew 24: 36-44) Teresa and I have been binge watching a mini-series on Prime over the last couple of weeks, sometimes watching two episodes a night. It’s called: The Chosen and is based upon the life of Jesus Christ, so as they say it’s based on a true story. I say that [...]
It’s a Wonderful Life (Luke 20: 27-39) One of my favorite movies was the 1946 film entitled: It’s a Wonderful Life starring Jimmie Stewart who plays a character named George Bailey. America had just emerged from helping to save the world from fascism and it was time for a “feel good” movie to let [...]
The Pursuit of Happiness (Luke 6: 20-31) Many people if asked where the phrase “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” is found would say in the Constitution of the United States, and they would be wrong. It’s in the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration, written in 1776, states: “We hold these Truths to [...]
By the Grace of God (Ephesians 1: 1-14) There but for the grace of God, go I. You have no doubt heard someone say it at one time or another in response to them seeing someone in hopeless distress, or maybe you’ve even said it yourself. As a kid, I think the first time [...]
Model Behavior (2 Timothy 3: 10-4: 5) As I’ve mentioned before, one of my assignments when I was a Houston Police Officer was the Vice Division in a plain-clothes undercover capacity. I had numerous outfits I would wear like hospital scrubs or car dealership uniforms. I could go from dressing up in a suit [...]
(2 Timothy 2: 1-15) As an attorney the two areas of the law I enjoyed the most, regardless of which side I was on, defense or prosecution, was jury trials and appellate work. Most, if not all, jurors think that when they return a verdict of guilty in a criminal case that is the [...]
The Civil Servant (2 Timothy 1: 1-14) We’ve all had that experience one time or another in our lifetimes when we’ve gone to the courthouse, the post office, the Department of Motor Vehicles, or any other government office and were unlucky enough to be served by someone who was either having a bad day [...]
Living the Good Life (1 Timothy 6: 3-19) After I graduated from the Houston Police Academy in 1977 Teresa and I bought us a little 800 square foot house twenty miles from downtown. Two bedrooms, one bathroom, no central heating or air conditioning, and no garage to park my used VW Bug in. [...]