I TRIED TO KILL MYSELF IN 1989. Things were tough, I was deeply in debt, drug addicted and thinking things were never going to change. I tried to take the selfish way out because I had no hope.
My Uncle Brent shot himself through the heart with a deer rifle when I was a little kid because he had no hope.
Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain took their lives despite the fact that they were rich and famous because they had no hope.
According to the Centers for Disease Control suicide rates hav ...
Staying single and devoting oneself to the church was considered taking the high road to heaven. Those who did were conquering lust and therefore spiritually superior to those who caved to the flesh, fell in love, married and raised a family. That began changing about 500 years ago when Christian reformers put family on a pedestal with game-changing teachings that sexuality and spirituality aren’t incompatible and that making a marriage work would do more to get you into heaven than staying ...
I wish I knew the author of the following story so that I could give credit where credit is due. It was submitted by a student in a Sociology class taught by Dr. Reed H. Bradford at BYU back in the 1960’s. He shared it with other students and I have kept it all these years.
By Michael Barr
The story of Peter Berg and his sweetheart ranks right up there with Romeo and Juliet, Antony and Cleopatra and Brad and Jenn on the list of the most timeless and tragic love stories ever told.
Peter Berg came to Gillespie County, Texas from Prussia in 1857. At 20 years old he was an accomplished coppersmith and stonemason.
Berg did some of the earliest rock work in Gillespie County.
As a school administrator and as a parent I have seen many a young person balk when expected to follow certain rules and regulations. And it isn’t just youth, however, who get upset with having to follow rules. I recently traveled on Southwest Airlines. When you’re in a hurry, having to go through all the security rigmarole at the airport can be a real pain in the neck.
We live in an age where it seems everything happens like lightning. Nothing has the time to get old anymore because of the next new thing. And, after that, something else is newer. How fast is today’s faster? This is what happens in just one minute on the Internet by 2018 estimates:
• Nearly 1 million will log onto Facebook
• 2.4 million snaps will be created on SnapChat
• Google will be searched 3.7 million times
• 4.3 million videos will be watched on YouTube
• 18 mill ...
Back in the 1970’s I had a friend who worked at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. He was some kind of computer guru. He had top secret security clearance. He wouldn’t discuss his work other than to tell me that he could see a battle field from any angle including from the vantage point of the enemy.
By popular demand, the Johnson City Record Courier is facilitating an eight-week series of political discourse between Blanco County Democratic Party Chairman, Terry Casparis and local active Republican, Stephanie Fisher. Each week will feature a different a topic in which each party member will write their own view.
A shortage of housing amongst growth in Blanco County has been the topic of discussion at school, city and county level meetings.
By popular demand, the Johnson City Record Courier is facilitating an eight-week series of political discourse between Blanco County Democratic Party Chairman, Terry Casparis and local active Republican, Stephanie Fisher. Each week will feature a different a topic in which each party member will write their own view.
A shortage of housing amongst growth in Blanco County has been the topic of discussion at school, city and county level meetings.
Israel is an important ally and the only democracy in the Middle East. It serves as a check on radical Islam in the region. The United States, as a longtime ally, friend of Israel, and member of the global community, has a duty to participate in a peace process that supports both our interests in the region and the interests of Israel and Palestine in establishing a two-state solution.
The origins and current state of the conflict between Israel and Palestine are complex.
