Of all the things I get to do as a pastor, funerals are among my favorites. This may sound odd as funerals often bring with them suffering and sadness, but there’s a sacred trust granted as a pastor walks alongside a grieving family. There’s an urgency to funerals that puts all of life on hold. And all of this is wrapped within God’s promise of resurrected life in Christ.

C APITAL Highlights Lawmakers in the Texas Senate are considering a measure that would require home insurers to get approval from regulators before increasing rates more than 10%, the Houston Chronicle reported. The bill, sponsored by state Sen.

T EXAS History With the way the war was going, the news from Houston on Apr. 6, 1865 was enough to make a grown man cry.

I’ve always dreamed of hitting the open road in an RV. Those dreams were never realistic.

I’ve written often about my maternal grandmother who had polio as a child and spent her last 30 plus years cleaning, ironing, cooking, entertaining, living from a wheelchair. Today, I’m experiencing the realities of her existence forever viewing the world at countertop level.

To the Editor: You might be a senior if.. • You reach down to pick something up and miss, and then miss again, and then give up all together and leave it on the floor.

To the Editor: We have all been instructed to a certain degree that there are three branches of the government: Legislative, Executive and Judicial. Each has a part in the government to protect this nation from attacks from abroad or internal.

To the Editor: Our democracy works best when every eligible voter, regardless of background, can make their voice heard. But the extreme SAVE Act threatens that right by imposing unnecessary and burdensome proofof- citizenship requirements, making it significantly harder for millions of Americans to register and vote.

To the Editor: When we were blessed to first visit Fayette County a little more than 30 years ago, the idyllic setting forever made a lasting impression on me and my wife. At that point, visiting this area we found much needed rest from our busy lives in DFW.

To the Editor: Please educate those who do not understand the reason Governor Abbott is subsidizing parents of children attending private schools in the amount of $10,000. Parents of private school children pay school taxes for public schools even though their children do not attend public school.