HOPPIN’ AROUND

On Tuesday evening, I attended the last formal class meeting of the spring, 2017 Forney Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy. The Academy, presented for the first time ever, began Feb. 28 and consisted of 10 required sessions.

Laymen’s Corner

When GOD set up this nation of Israel to reach the world through them, He knew that all humans were evil (compared to Him), from youth to adulthood.

Three Rights Make a Left

Thirty-five years ago, our house was in the newest neighborhood in Forney. Highway 80 was the dividing line between “New Forney” and “Old Forney”. Beyond our back yard is Pinson Road and in those days, beyond that was nothing but cotton fields.

Stranger Than Most

I consider myself a very private person. People I know would be surprised to hear that. They’d probably laugh in your face, and who could blame them? After all, I publish the most intimate details of my life in the newspaper (for God’s sake!).

HOPPIN’ AROUND

If you take the Dallas Morning News, you may have seen a story on the first page of Tuesday’s sports section. The headline read, “Champion DeSoto may replace coach”.

Stranger Than Most

I subscribe to a bunch of magazines and newsletters which I prefer to get in their paper versions. (Makes it easier to take them into the tub. But don’t worry. I recycle.) Most of these end up on the coffee table in my waiting room and are evidence of my very wide range of interests.

Laymen’s Corner

Joseph has been sold into Egypt as a slave to Potiphar, the captain of the guard there in Egypt. First, when Joseph was dreaming his dreams, he may have been a little arrogant around his brothers, but we see the strength of his faith when he became a slave.

Three Rights Make a Left

There are very special times in our lives that we love to relive in our heads, to leave the present and go to our own personal “Happy Place”. I have been blessed to have so many of these. This week I want to share one of my favorites.