Thanksgiving Day generally is thought of as a time to give thanks for family, friends and good fortune. ...more

November 25, 2009

Federal prosecutors took steps Thursday to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. ...more

November 13, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors today took steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a Fifth Avenue skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization long suspected of being secretly controlled by the Iranian government. ...more

November 12, 2009

and therein is the rub for some of our fellow citizens. ...more

October 31, 2009

Religious freedom in the United States was never planned by the colonial settlers; it was something that just happened. Nonetheless, said Rev. Charles Weaver, assistant to the bishop of the United Methodist Church's Florida conference, religious freedom is something for which we should be grateful. ...more

November 27, 2008

A key quality of successful leadership is trust, but trust has to be earned. This has been proven regardless of the place of the leader: home, nation, church or workplace. One of the greatest books I have ever read on leadership (other than the Bible: Nehemiah, Ruth, David, Esther, Jesus, etc.) is The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, by John C. Maxwell, published by Thomas Nelson Publishers. ...more

October 7, 2008

The venues were great, the competition was exciting and no major international incident stained the Olympic Games that concluded Sunday. ...more

August 25, 2008

I oppose the fire tax assessment bill. I've run the New Testament Church and Mission for 32 years. In those years I have only needed to call the fire department once, which was found to be arson. ...more

August 21, 2008

The Texas State Board of Education gave final approval Friday to establishing Bible classes in public high schools, rejecting calls to draw specific teaching guidelines and warnings that it could lead to constitutional problems in the classroom. ...more

July 19, 2008

The American Civil Liberties Union has sunk civil liberties advocacy to a new low in its argument before the Minnesota Court of Appeals on behalf of Republican Sen. Larry Craig. ...more

February 6, 2008