Will Texas’ 500th Execution, Kimberly McCarthy, help victims?
JUNE 26, 2013 | BY: MARTY TROYER -- Today we Texans will kill our 500th person who was created in the image of God. 500 families...
The Fairy Tale of Gun Control
BY: LINDA BRENDLE -- Even writers of ancient fairy tales knew you couldn’t destroy or hide all the weapons of evil in the world. We...
When Did This Become My Job?
My husband David and I retired early last year to a small town in East Texas called Emory. There’s not a lot of excitement in Emory, but there’s always something to do. We recently joined a work party to paint...
The Problem With the Tebow Easter Extravaganza
I didn’t see Tim Tebow’s Easter Sunday appearance in Texas. For one, it’s in Texas and I’m not. Plus I kind of have a standing gig on Sundays. But more than that, I was irked when I hear...
Showing Jesus the Door
Feet stuffed into women's pumps and skirt obligingly hoisted to reveal a mottled backside, Leslie Cochran presided over Austin's parade of oddballs for over fifteen years, their undisputed Queen.
Leslie was ...
Should Christians Support the rEVOLution?
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul recently argued for a “Golden Rule” in foreign policy in the first South Carolina GOP debate. “We endlessly bomb countries, ” he said, “and then we wonder why they ...
A Gift for Blago? And You and Me…
“My life is ruined.”
These words were uttered by Rod Blagojevich to Judge James Zagel on December 7 as he pleaded for mercy. His life is ruined, with “nobody to blame but self.”
Early on in my spiritual and...
Celebrating the Interruption of Death
Editor's Update: Duane's story is one of redemption - he has devoted himself to God since his arrival on death row, and he's even called "Preacher Buck" because he ministers to so many men on death row. Unfort...