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Good Sex and the Best Sex
The two go togethr, When you have one, youhave th other. Of course, thre is bad sex that is also the worst of itskind, which we humans usually want to avoid if at all possible. but the best sex does not come autotically. It may apper to occur spontaneously, which ica happen. However, the best sex is usually planned for and prepared for; and it must include these essentials> #1--the best sex is always consentual, meaning that it's never forced upon another human being. When

Andy Pate
Jun 272 min read


2030: What Will It Be Like?
Within four years, the political climate in Texas as well as in the whole orf the USA, that climate will be radically different from what it is today. The #1 difference will of course be that the USA will have a new president Donald Trump will be 84, and history if he's deceased; his health is already a challenge. Also, it seems likely: the Democrats will return to being a Congressional majority, meaning mainly that we will see Congress pass more legislation favorable to th

Andy Pate
Jun 242 min read


Components of a Fine Preacher
Most people will list speaking appeal and ability to draw a crowd as major elements in identifying a fine preacher. I differ. After 40 plus years of delivering from behind or in front of a pulpit, here's what I think are the main traits a Christian preacher should possess: #1 Personal Stability. He or she should basically be a healthy person, one who thinks clearly and is physically able to carry out a preacher's t asks. #2 An accurate understanding of the faith he or she

Andy Pate
Mar 242 min read
Memories with Lesson(s) in Them
#1 Danger in Over-Sleeping A.B. was from my hometown and we attended UT Austin for three of the same years. It was during final exams fort the fall semester, 1958-1959 that I ran into her outside a classroom building She was in tears and terribly distraught. I asked her abpit her problem "I stayed up all night studying for myvFrench final.," A.B. explqined. "You'll be okay," I told her. "We've all done that, and we recovered every time." "But that's not all," she responde

Andy Pate
Mar 202 min read


Putt on the Beat
Can We Recover our Personal Allegiance to Integrity? ? Is it possible for our world of the 21st century to have people in high (and low) places who are dedicated to living as honestly as they possibly can? Perhaps not. It may be that we humans of the 2020's have immersed ourselves so deeply into ",alomg money" that we have lost contact with our better selves. We are not at all surprised when some well-known person is revealed to be a pedophile, or someone just as self-cente

Andy Pate
Feb 82 min read
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