I am not a brave man, don’t pretend to be… not sure I wish to be one. That’s not to say bravery is not virtuous. I admire the brave. True...

Just read my friend, Fallon Jackson’s new story, The Rape of Libby. It immediately brought to mind the question all writers are familiar...

I thought this year instead of being a day late and a dollar short, I’d celebrate Thanksgiving a day early. Nothing really unusual about...

King David once said those that swear to their own hurt and do not change their mind or their vow, dwell with God. But, what do you do...

While I certainly qualify as an old dog—in dog year’s I’m 462, I am still capable of learning new tricks. Well, they are not exactly new...

Saw a post about freedom on Facebook this morning and my inability to keep my mouth and my mind closed jumped right on it. It seems now...

Dallas, got a soft machine— Houston, too close to New Orleans—New York got the ways and means—But just won’t let you be. The Grateful...

“…The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling...

Franklin Roosevelt told America in his first inaugural address that the country had nothing to fear but fear itself. The devastating...

Veterans Day is behind us, and I am glad to see it go. That may sound strange for a veteran to say, but I never claimed to be other than...

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” The politically correct thing today is to call every...

I remember standing in the loading area of the Greyhound Station in Sacramento, saying good-bye to my dad. I had just turned eighteen a...

Since 1870, the sole purpose of elections in this country has been to preserve the status quo of government by consent of arms. Even...

“You should enter that contest, Steve,” Nikki said, pointing at the flyer posted at the entry gate. “Bigfoot calling? You really think...

In every work of fiction the author’s integrity is at stake, and in that integrity lies the power of their words Write what you know!...

“ as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.” The three years of Jesus’ ministry were...

It is a sworn duty of business owners to accost their fellows in elevators to pitch what they do and why the other car riders need to do...

“Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.” This is not a call for creating a welfare state or dividing the worthy...

A double minded person is unstable in all their ways. Principle is inviolate regardless of circumstance. If you state a principle for...

If you do what you love, that’s freedom. If you love what you do, that’s happiness. But to be happy and free, takes effort. I learned to...