Consistently Excellent
There’s an old country saying, “Even a blind dog can find his way to the smokehouse once in a while.” The idea being anyone can stumble accidentally into occasional success.…
A Kind Silence
We can extend kindness to people by what we say. Yet we can also extend kindness by what we don’t say. It is the grace of silence. When I was…
Bad Mix
For me, one of life’s greatest pleasures is freshly ground, freshly brewed coffee. It’s heaven in a cup. Every morning I take the time to brew a carafe of deliciousness…
Taste And See
Do you remember the most delicious food you ever tasted? It's late July of 1989. I'm in Milwaukee, WI on business. While there, I have the opportunity to meet up…
Bringing Something To The Table
What talents and abilities has God blessed you with? What is that “thing you do” that brings value to the people around you? I so enjoy being around little kids…
A Rather Nice Likeness
Before coming to Texas I lived 14 years in the East Valley of Phoenix, Arizona. In addition to my full-time day job, I had one of those “full-time/part-time” jobs working…
Stuck
My nephew J.D. Thompson is a teacher. Since graduating from West Texas A&M years ago, he’s taken his friendly “big as Texas” personality to Taiwan, Indonesia, and now Malaysia where…
Smart Enough To Know What You’re Dumb At
Jack Bailey was a freshman when I met him. A student in my Bible class, he always turned his work in on time. He was a fine student. But my,…
Road Runners and Rattlesnakes
I don’t know what I expected to see when I looked out my living room window. But a Road Runner standing on the roof of my car wasn’t on the…