by Pat Hartman | Apr 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Austin, Texas, is an exceptional city for many reasons, one of them being the existence of Community First! Village (CF!V). It is the creation of Mobile Loaves and Fishes (MLF), the social outreach ministry that has been making a difference locally since 1998. Since...
by Pat Hartman | Feb 19, 2019 | Uncategorized
Unfortunately, more still needs to be said about military servicemembers and suicide. The whole subject is fraught with political and emotional minefields. We discussed the “won’t accept help” trope, and the terrible barrier created by “bad paper” discharges that...
by Pat Hartman | Feb 12, 2019 | Uncategorized
In the previous post, we learned that the servicemember suicide rate is not quite as high as what people go around saying. Forget about the frequently and erroneously cited 22 suicides per day — it’s “only” 20.6 per day. That is also an upsetting statistic, especially...
by Cecilia Blanford | Jan 29, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pictured on this page is one of the smartest and most beloved Texans who ever shared thoughts with the world. His bio says, National radio commentator, writer, public speaker, and New York Times best-selling author, Jim Hightower has spent four decades battling the...
by Cecilia Blanford | Jan 22, 2019 | Uncategorized
People who have lost everything, and who sometimes are made to feel like they are nothing, need to be reminded that they are not stupid or helpless. People need to know they still have something to bring to the table, and the world is just a little bit better because...
