Tomorrow is Memorial Day. As a nation we have set aside tomorrow as a day to remember and give thanks for those who died to gain and preserve our country. Those who gave their lives while serving paid the highest price to give us what we have. You and I have not paid the highest…

I pass by Rest Haven Funeral Home and Memorial Park every time I drive to and from church. Driving by a graveyard almost each day reminds me that my time in this world is limited; there will come a day that I die. Whether you drive by a graveyard each day or not, you also…

Picture yourself stuck in a ditch on a dark stormy night. Picture yourself sitting at the hospital watching a loved one suffer in their last moments. Picture yourself calling someone for advice about friends, college, finances, kids, marriage, faith, etc. Picture the person you would call if you needed to get bailed out of jail.…

One of the things that amazes me about God’s creation is the inherent ability of a calf to find its mother. This wonder of creation especially hits me when looking at a field of Red Angus, Black Angus or Charolais because all the cows look exactly alike and they all sound exactly alike. Yet, each…

As you drive around Rockwall County and the surrounding areas in Texas, there are still signs of the severe winter storm from a few months ago. The clearest signs are the trees and shrubs that are brown. It is spring time and you expect to see all the plants and tree full of green leaves,…

Your protection is important. There are many aspects to your protection as the number of ways you can be attacked is on the rise. There are PPE, personal protective equipment, which was not a common household term until a little over a year ago, that are meant to protect you, but there are debates as…

The Tuesday after Easter, I was driving home from taking my parents to the airport when I saw something strange. It was dark already and I had just made it back into Rockwall on I-30 by the Costco, when I saw it. There was a car with the passenger side window down and a person’s…

My emails, voicemails and text messages are piling up before I can think clearly enough to respond and when I do, I’m short and rude with coworkers and customers. I am lost trying to follow what my teacher or teachers are talking about because I was still thinking about math when it was time for…

After a week of rain, a father and son were standing on the front porch one evening when the son turned to his father and asked him, “Is the sun going to come out tomorrow?” The father smiled, looked down at his son and said, “I am not sure.” As time goes on, you have…

The amount of information available to you at this point in history is astounding. And the way you are able to access all the information floating around in the clouds is also astounding. Today you don’t need books or much less a screen, with a few words, you can call upon your devices to update…