Displaying The Ten Commandments? Then Live By Them

Last updated on: July 13, 2026 at 6:28 pm By Christy Thomas

So, to all you Republican lawmakers, tell us how you plan to live by those commandments you so want displayed? How will you love those who hate you? How will you love God with everything you’ve got? I encourage all to contact their local Republican state lawmaker and respectfully ask them their plans to model “Love God and love neighbor” for all Texans, and especially for all schoolchildren. Remind them that it means loving their enemies—and not telling lies about others, particularly Democrats. Personally, I don’t have a real problem with the displays—after a few weeks, no one will even notice they are there. But folks, if you're gonna preach it, you’d better learn to live by it. I don’t see that happening. Again, at least the Democrats are not hypocrites. Read more

Never Be The First To Stop Applauding

Last updated on: June 25, 2026 at 9:32 pm By Christy Thomas

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I admit it is beyond my comprehension that even Mr. Trump’s admirers cannot see how dangerous his increasing paranoia and need for unending adulation are. Those who appear unable to acknowledge inconvenient facts AND seem to need, at all times, to be surrounded by never-disagreeing sycophants (especially rich ones who pour money into family pockets) need external limits placed around them. Read more

The Hubris Of Sending People To Hell

Last updated on: June 23, 2026 at 8:26 pm By Christy Thomas

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Yet in Mr. Patrick’s theological world, Mr. Talarico is going to hell, while we must assume that the Republican and totally ethically and morally challenged Ken Paxton, Mr. Talarico’s opponent in the Senate race, is going to heaven. I trust that is true because Paxton is also a Baptist, a [apparently former] member of Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, TX. This being the case, somewhere along the line, Mr. Paxton said the words, “Jesus, I accept you as my Lord and Savior.” And there is my problem, and here I admit I line up with Talarico. The only people Jesus condemns in the Gospels are those who treat others in exactly the way they themselves don’t want to be treated. Read more

Frisco Firestorm: Shades Of Nazi Germany

Last updated on: June 20, 2026 at 4:59 pm By Christy Thomas

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They are making up the straw man of “Sharia” law being imposed upon Frisco in the very near future and using that made-up idea to strike fear into the hearts of the gullible, the insecure, the frightened and those ignorant of history to justify their hatred. I have lived in Frisco, TX for eleven years now—still a reasonably new resident, but not really by Frisco terms, since in those eleven years the population surged from about 154,000 to 245,000 residents.... Read more

ChatGPT To Me: “Go To Church”

Last updated on: June 6, 2026 at 4:39 pm By Christy Thomas

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Use AI as a supplement, not a substitute. Let it help you think, write, research, remember, organize, and even process emotions. But when you are celebrating, grieving, falling in love, wrestling with forgiveness, facing illness, or searching for meaning, make sure there are actual human beings in the room. Read more

More Abortion Nonsense: A Better Solution

Last updated on: June 2, 2026 at 7:17 am By Christy Thomas

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How about it, guys? You want to outlaw abortions? Go after yourselves, not after women. Face it: without women and our willingness to sacrifice our long-term health and life to bear children, there is no human future. Even better: recognize that if you men think you have the right to legislate women's reproductive process, then you must also recognize women's right to legislate your reproductive process. Read more

The Olive Tree Solution

Last updated on: May 13, 2026 at 5:23 am By Christy Thomas

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I read the US news these days from a European perspective. I hear people speak of Donald Trump with true, appalled derision and with a greater awareness of the world-wide damage he has caused. I come more and more to the conclusion that the US as a democratic nation no longer exists: it is now completely taken over by irredeemable kleptocracy and utter ineptness, run by those who now obediently bow to the Golden Trump instead of the biblical Golden Calf, both degraded substitutes for the Holy God. Read more

I Was A Tradwife: It Nearly Killed Me

Last updated on: April 24, 2026 at 11:32 am By Christy Thomas

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Can you see why being a tradwife might indeed be a death sentence to a highly intelligent, biblically literate woman who was, in her early middle age, starting to question every single thing that had been handed down as “this is the Word of the Lord?” But question it I did. And the deeper my theological studies went, the greater my questions became—and the more condemnation was heaped upon the hapless male who was supposed to be keeping me under control. Read more

Money Can’t Buy Me Love . . . Or Class

Last updated on: April 16, 2026 at 12:34 pm By Christy Thomas

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Yep, money can’t buy us class . . . or peace . . . or even agreement over aging trees and eroding beaches, all of which are part of living in a world where everything changes, everything ages, and disruptive new births are essential for continuing life and health. One of my moments of sadness over the state of humanity. We’ve reduced ourselves to slogging through the stench of mud-slinging, crass, classless, expletive-laden tirades, starting at the top and permeating every aspect of society. Folks, we can be better than this. And it can start with us. Read more

Hate And Curse Or Bless And Curse Not: You Choose

Last updated on: March 28, 2026 at 12:31 pm By Christy Thomas

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This is the eternal question: how do we fight hate? How especially do we fight hate when people claim that “God” has directly told them that murder, genocide and destruction are divinely sanctioned? A terrorist act inspired by hate A number of years ago, a horrific terrorist attack left multiple people dead and wounded in Mumbai, India. I didn’t pay much attention to the event — it was just another piece of bad news filling the newspapers and airwaves. My... Read more

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