Photograph
We know it’s important to make memories. Are we helping make memories for others? Determined not to accumulate any school loans during my seminary program, I served full-time on staff at First [...]
The Real World
This one is for everyone 18 years of age and younger. (Parents, grandparents, teachers and other assorted adults may read along.) The people who say this to you will always be older than you. [...]
30 Minutes At The Lubbock Animal Hospital
To Sadie the Boxer, the parking lot of the Lubbock Animal Hospital is a smorgasbord of scent. She can’t sniff fast enough. It’s her first visit to the clinic. We rescued her from a shelter. They [...]
Small Town Cafe
It’s good for a small town guy like me to dine in a place like this. Wood paneled walls from the 70’s. Fiber board ceiling tiles, slightly water stained from roof leaks of years past. No artwork [...]
Movie Memories
“C’mon, girls! Brush your hair, brush your teeth and get your shoes on. We’re leaving.” “Where we going, Daddy?” “Move it, girls. We’re outta here.” “Is it a surprise?” “Not to me. Get moving!” [...]
Of Lemon Pledge And Little Things
During my studies at Phoenix Seminary I was a full-time graduate student, worked full-time on staff at a church and had a couple part-time jobs. It was a gloriously exhausting season of life. One [...]
Sleight Of Hand
Years ago I had the privilege of enjoying an 8-day Caribbean cruise to Martinique, Barbados, St. John’s, Antigua, St. Martin and St. Maarten, San Juan and the Virgin Islands. God’s creation is on [...]
Signature
In 1993 I was living in LeMars, Iowa, population 9,000 and the home of Wells Blue Bunny Ice Cream. It was the biggest town I’d ever lived in. It had an all-night grocery store and a McDonald’s so [...]
The License Plate Game
In the summer of 1995 I was in Iowa visiting my parents. We were enjoying a day at Lake Okoboji and had stopped at a local cafe for lunch. The store had a small area where they sold books and [...]