Unca Darrell

MAY 6 / Living Water International

PROVIDING A CUP of clean water in Jesus' name. What could be better?

Last year the Houston-based charity started started paying local coordinators to continue the work of LWI after American volunteers drill a well and move on. A December fundraising letter from Mike Mantel, president, tells this story:

MARCH 31 / "He is not here: . . .

. . . for he is risen, as he said." (Matthew 28:6a (KJV))

MARCH 29 / "For God so loved . . .

. . . the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16 (KJV)) 

FEBRUARY 19 / Some folks laugh at this and others . . .

. . . understand it, respect it, and love it.

FEBRUARY 12 / Benedict and Western Civ

PERHAPS the most important religious development in our time is the rise of Islamist fundamentalism. Benedict courted controversy over Islam with his 2006 speech, "Faith and Reason," in Regensburg, Germany. He quoted the 14th-century Byzantine Emperor Manual II Paleologus saying uncomplimentary things about Islam, quotes that led to death threats against the pontiff.

Largely lost in the controversy was the Pope's purpose in delivering the speech . . .

JANUARY 26 / Star of Hope

A GOOD WAY to support Houston's premier local charity for the homeless, Star of Hope Mission, is to attend the charity's banquet fundraiser at 7:00 p.m., February 8, 2013, at Hilton Americas. The featured performer . . .

JANUARY 20 / Verses for the fortieth anniversary . . .

. . . of Roe v. Wade, three days hence -- a day that lives in infamy:

JANUARY 6 / Let's begin the new year with . . .

. . . these verses from Psalms 1, rendered here in the resonant language of the King James translation of 1611:

DECEMBER 15 / Unca D is down for the season . . .

. . . to celebrate the birth of Christ with family and friends.

Keep believing, keep giving, and keep . . .

NOVEMBER 9 / Why do Christians read the Old Testament?

ONE GOOD reason is for verses like these three, which . .  .