Recent content by Bro. Dave

...I was a pastor for over 40 years, 35 at my last church. I was always armed at the pulpit. It was my thought that if an ill-intentioned intruder came in from the front door I would be the first to see it. Thank the good Lord, despite a couple interactions with mentally unbalanced actors...

...my mother was pregnant with me when my father was shipped out to Korea. My birthday is November 29th and I will be 75 this year. He lost the vision in his left eye in combat, but about the only thing he couldn't do was play ping-pong well due to no depth perception. He would never really...

Congratulations to an amazing town. My memory of OK City is an old one. In the mid 1950's my younger brother had a seizure disorder similar to epilepsy. One of the leading physicians for that type of malady practiced in OK City and we lived in the Ft. Worth area. We made monthly trips there...

...we will be praying for Karen to quickly and completely recover! I was happy to see the Texas flag hanging there and fondly remember our pleasant visits during your time here. The only problem I see with the music studio is how difficult it will be for you to be anywhere else.

...Happy Birthday, sir! That sounds like a very civilized way to celebrate your double milestone events.

....yeah, we are getting our annual dose of Saharan dust here in Texas. Every year the Trade Winds bring us a gift from North Africa. Makes for some pretty sunsets though.

...I know I'm repeating myself when I say "well, I live in Texas" but here, outside of the major urban areas, it's not uncommon to see such sights. That being said, the days of seeing gun racks with firearms in pickup trucks with guns in them is nearly gone. Mainly, I think, that is due to...

...as a retired Baptist pastor I will be praying for him. One thing about Baptists is that the phrase "organized religion" is an oxymoron for us.

...well, I live in Texas. In case you haven't looked at the size of Texas all I can say is that I drive (as we polite folk say) "the living daylights" out of my vehicles. In my area anything under 100k miles is advertised as "low miles."

...I don't know if "ignorance is bliss" but I do know that it is rampant. My guess is that the effort required to parse what is legal and what is not selling firearms in various states is more than many are willing to exert. My secondary guess is that the fear of violating some draconian...

... I'm thinking that if you miss with the projectile, you will cook them with the muzzle blast!

...I know this is a little obscure, but Dr. Irving Finkel is a Curator at the British Museum and one of the world's leading experts at reading cuneiform tablets. He has a YouTube presence and his voice, delivery, and sense of humor is mesmerizing.

My prayers will be specific, as my wife and I lost our youngest son and his wife in a car crash only nine months into their marriage. I frequently find myself saying, "you never get over it, but you can get past it" to others who share this kind of grief.

The reality of the variety of interests and means can rob us of courtesy and appreciation of finely made firearms. "When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad." Tacitus

...met a guy that said, "I have the hatchet George Washington used to chop down the Cherry Tree; of course its had 3 new heads and 5 new handles." Don't law enforcement officials refer to a "chain of custody"? Tough to prove, I'm thinking. Edit to add: this remark is generic and not about...