I’ve had a few, but they don’t seem to be such a big deal anymore. Birthdays…I’m talking about birthdays, not presents.
I’m writing from my hotel room in Billings, Montana. We will get to Glacier National Park this evening where our son Matt is this summer. We w…
It happened when the designated youth minister reveled in the adulation of the youth. Maybe he was strikingly handsome, or she could sing like…
We are headed to Montana next week, on a trip to Glacier National Park to visit my son Matt and his girlfriend Sara, who decided they’d spend …
What do you call a piece of spaghetti wearing a false mustache?
I met him in an unusual place in 1995.
Well, it’s July…again. You know what that means, don’t you? yes, it does mean the celebration of Independence Day, but I was speaking about so…
It was about 75 years ago on a little farm in Fruita, Colorado when Mrs. Clara Olsen sent her husband Lloyd out into the yard with a mission t…
How would your friends or your boss describe you? Would your spouse, roommate or sibling describe you any differently?
Last week I was telling of a trip to the Gulf Coast and trying to save a few dollars by a different travel route. KM was not that impressed, h…
We drove to the beach recently in an unfamiliar car. A Nissan Altima. I had picked it up at Enterprise, not far from the Memphis Airport, on a…
On Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, Jessica Black became the bride of Jarrod Watts. I had the honor of performing their ceremony. Other than Jarrod fo…
My family and I moved into that house when I was 6 months old. Well, I don’t actually remember that, but that’s what I’ve been told. I lived i…
I could see it in the other students’ eyes. Envy. Not the green-eyed monster kind of envy, but the respectful admiration they hoped to earn one day.
So another birthday came and went. Sixty-three years in the books now. If the averages are right, I’ve got about 13 years left. Surely that ca…
They came on the same day. One was a “downer” and the other was an “upper.”
You’ve probably never heard about LeRoy Tafoya, Jimmy Martinez or Tom Gonzales, but I think you should. All three were buddies with one anothe…
“I ask people why they have deer heads on their walls. They always say because it’s such a beautiful animal. There you go. I think my mother i…
Every military tombstone hints at a lifetime of stories. These stories include those of loved ones’ valiant efforts to continue their lives wh…
A buddy recently told me he read that pasta sales have dropped quite a bit worldwide the past few years. He says it’s because of all the low-c…
Has there ever been a time when choosing to disobey God worked out for you? Me either. At least not in the long run.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Monday, 6:30 A.M. – Awake before wake-up call. Luggage lost last night by Delta. Make coffee and take shower. Early start …
Your loved one or friend suffers from chronic depression, and you’d do anything for them. But sometimes you wonder if you’re doing more harm t…
How many times have you or someone you love said, “I could sure use a hug?”
Dear Athletic Support: My daughter rolled her ankle pretty bad in a recent volleyball game. It’s big and blue and nasty all over, but she can …
With it being a presidential election year and an election for one of our United States Senate Seats and all of the interest that goes along w…
When people refer to a public office holder as “powerful,” it doesn’t usually mean they see that person as one who can affect change in govern…