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The official start of summer is near and now is the time to ensure your garden is ready before those sky-high Texas temperatures arrive. “It may seem like a challenge to keep your garden beautiful in the summer, but with a little planning ahead, you can keep it producing and colorful,” said Larry Stein, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service horticulture specialist at Uvalde and professor in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Department of Horticultural Sciences.

To lie or not to lie is a decision that affects the outcome of situations. They can be shared lies or conspiratorial tales. Lies have no color; a white one is meant to be a small one, but who decides the size of its effect?

'He sent redemption unto his people: he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and reverend is his name.' Psalms 111:9 J. W. and I were students at ETBC in Marshall, Texas back in the fifties. We had several things in common: We were both ministerial students, drove '55 Fords, were both English majors and were both student pastors.

I had been out running errands. Now, finished with them, I was driving up my driveway. There was a beautiful tree, right beside my house. It was full of lilac blooms. I knew this tree, does not usually bloom like this.

After 2 ½ weeks of being sick with many days in bed, I have come to appreciate what some people go through when they have a severe sickness. My sickness wasn’t that devastating. It just sucked the energy out of me and caused me a lot of coughing and sneezing.

It seems that children see things regarding church through kid’s eyes, and they don’t always hear it right. One of my earliest memories is that of being in church with my father, Cecil. I recall that I kept trying to talk out loud during the service and Dad would tell me to be quiet. After church Dad was holding me in his arms when Bro. Russell Smith walked up and asked me how I liked the service. I replied, “Well, I didn’t like it.” Bro. Smith inquired as to why I didn’t. I told him, “Because nobody gets to say anything but you.”