I am 5 of 9. I grew up the fifth of nine children. Hadn’t thought much about it until a phrase came to my consciousness the other day. “Place back, Chair back, Everything there back.” Has any other family used that? It was a sing-song mantra we used to yell out that had a specific purpose. When watc...

After getting a cue from a friend in the Kairos Prison Ministry, Danny McQuay decided to become a mentor, then begin an organization dedicated to offering a helping hand through a Christian lens. As profiled in last week’s Fredericksburg Standard-Radio Post, the Christian Job Corps will begin its wo...

I still remember visiting Ken and Laurie Kattner at Putnam Mountain Observatory in northern Gillespie County for a story. After we enjoyed dinner, got a look at the telescope and computer stations, we stepped out onto their driveway. Wow. The stars popped in this sparsely populated area. We could se...

Anyone remember that classic “Andy Griffith Show” where Howard, the practical, down-to-earth county clerk, succumbs to a travel documentary and decide...

With most of our energies focused on troublemakers in the Middle East, it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture in global geopolitics.  Last Fr...

Most of us probably first heard about breaking bread from church, either in the Last Supper story or the old hymn. But breaking bread together is enjo...