I’ll take the night before Thanksgiving over Christmas Eve any year. Christmas Eve is a tired ol’day, worn out by the flurry of activity preceding it, and by the time it arrives, usually too soon, it’s all out of breath as it plops its burden of stress and strain—last minute shopping, checklists, nagging questions (Did …
“Oklahoma! You’re a long way from home.” I was in the grocery store with my wife Saturday, and on Saturdays, during college football season, I ALWAYS were a shirt bearing my team’s insignia, “OU,” or “Oklahoma Football,” in their colors, crimson and cream. Whenever I’m tempted to purchase another OU T-Shirt (long or short sleeved, …
The scenario has become all too familiar. This time, it was a group of people worshipping God on a Sunday morning in a small town outside of San Antonio, TX. You’ve heard the news: 26 people, ranging in age from 5-72, were murdered by a gunman who entered the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, …
The aging are not easy to care for, and the reality is, we are all moving in that direction, whether we like it or not. My mother is 95-years-old. I spent a few days with her a couple of weeks ago in her long-term care facility. Stopping by the nurses’ station down the hall from …
Every job has its down side. I guarantee it. And every job has an upside. I can guarantee that, too. The challenge is digging through the dirt: the negative attitudes, the discontentment, the injustices—until you find the gold, even if it’s only one, tiny, little nugget. When I was in high school, we (my parents …