Remembering George Beverly Shea

Remembering George Beverly Shea who died Tuesday, April 16, at age 104.  He was most known as the soloist for the Billy Graham Crusade.

Jessica and her good news

Jessica called me Friday night, and with excitement in her voice she said, "I've got some good news."  I answered that I could use some, and she told me she has been offered a position as intern for the next school term by Apex United Methodist Church.  The church will employ four interns, Jessica being the first chosen.
Pay will be generous for the amount of time she will be asked to devote to the position.  The job will likely go through Duke and qualify for the scholarship Duke University has promised her.

Before  that begins she will spend the summer in Birmingham, Michigan, serving a church there.  This, too, is part of her scholarship.

I find it difficult to accept that more than half of April is gone and Jessica will soon complete her first year at Duke.  She has commenced final exams and completed one in Hebrew this week.

Will Glenn Beck be alive Monday?

Hey, I'm not among the first to ask this.  Beck said he has information about a Saudi official who may be deported, and he will release that information Monday if it is not released earlier by the United States government.

Beck is known to make some controversial statements; sometimes he has been right on.  The implication here is that the government is covering up a conspiracy.  Beck thinks the government should be open with the American people and he will giver the government the opportunity to do so; otherwise, Beck will tell it all Monday.

Boston bombers -- one dead, one at large

If you were in Boston right now, wouldn't you like to have a gun?

Immigration bill is a disaster

Years ago during the time I was mayor of Homer, we located a particular manufacturing plant.  The primary owner was a compassionate man and wanted to give ex-convicts a second chance. Also, there was a tax advantage in hiring those persons.  I suggested it might not be a good business practice , and it turned out bad.  The workers stole from the company, forcing it to close.

Now, when I am thinking nothing could be worse than Obamacare, Congress comes up with an immigration bill that is replete with harmful conditions.  One, you will have trouble believing. will have the government paying the company $3,000 bonus to hire an illegal alien rather than an American.  I say this can never pass but I said that about Obamacare.

Is there no end to the harm our government seeks to do to us?

Our prayers are with you

To those families who have lost a loved one in the explosion of the Waco fertilizer plant, our hearts go out to you. May you find comfort in the love of Christ.

Obama disgraces our nation.

This is unbelievable even for Obama.  He will not send a representative to Margaret Thatcher's funeral but he will have officials representing him at  the funeral for Chavez.

Margaret Thatcher was one of the greatest leaders of the past 50 years and joined with Ronald Reagan in defeating the Soviet empire. Plus, England is our greatest friend in a world where we have very few friends on which we can rely. Obama's action in one case and lack of action in another disgrace our nation,.