Tommy Meekins

Baseball season is back and little league games are cranking up. Kids are getting new shoes, going to practice, oiling down the ol’ glove, which all are apart of the game. Getting baseball caps, picking out the uniform with their favorite number, and above all, making the starting lineup are all extraordinary events in the life of a little baseball player.

In 1975, while living for a brief season in Palm Springs, California, my wife, Barbara and I met the famous comedian Flip Wilson. He was as funny off stage as

God’s Word has much to say about our walk as Christians. If we get our walk in line with the Word of God, we will walk out of defeat, poverty,

Personally, I would like to give a tribute to a certain breed of good ole boys from the South often referred to as rednecks.

A well-known dictionary publisher was asked to select the 10 most expressive words in the English language. Here is the list:

From the very first day that we are born, we begin the learning process. We learn that satisfaction of hunger is feeding upon mother’s milk. We learn that through pain

When you scramble the word “Elvis” around, you’ll soon find another word, L-I-V-E-S. Today, many people believe that Elvis Presley is still alive. Elvis died Aug. 16, 1977, but according

I write this article near the morning of celebrating our 50th anniversary of marriage to my wife, Barbara. We got married Sept. 21, 1974, in Palm Desert, California. I was

The great Apostle John declares in 1 John 2:13, “I write unto you, young men, because you have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because you

As I sit on the sidewalk on Texas Avenue, I’m gazing at the old oak tree that has been a symbol of strength to the City of Baytown. I have to admit, I feel a little nutty. Then it dawns on me that the very tree that I’ve been observing was once just a little nut too. It was a small acorn that has grown into a massive oak tree that has now stood tall for several 100 years.