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. But what does it take [...]
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 in junior high, my Dad decided he wanted to add a big [...]
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 who want to “help”. I put “help” [...]
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 for the Phoenix Suns. A [...]
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 he [...]
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, oh my…that boy had the messiest, sloppiest handwriting [...]
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 list of possibles. I like Road Runners. They are quirky [...]
I found the old and yellowed newspaper clipping while going through a suitcase of memorabilia belonging to my Grandparents. From sometime around 1940 the bold print heading reads, “Lagerquist, [...]
At the coffee shop, we face one another. I wish the conversation was as comfortable as the leather club chairs we are sitting in. Stacy is a mentor. One of my “inner circle” of trusted friends [...]
Ever wonder why people are the way they are? The first assignment I give my students each year is “Help Me Get To Know You”. It’s a short list of questions. Among them, when’s your birthday? [...]
