Friends (and a few who were not friends) have commented on my sense of humor. Both of my grandfathers possessed great senses of humor as did my father, so I guess I inherited it. Nevertheless, it has kept me balanced and sane. William Arthur Ward, a Christian motivational writer said, “A well-developed sense of humor is…
During a March Spring Break week in the early 1970s a small group of university students from then, Pan American University, made their way to South Padre Island, where several hundred fellow college students had gathered. There was a difference in their purposes. The hundreds were there for the S’s – sun, surf, sand, suds,…
I didn’t cry much when I was young but when I did, someone was always there to care for me – grandmother, mother, aunt. As I grew older, my need for someone to respond to my cries decreased, even as my times of crying were reduced. I grew up with the philosophy of life that says, grown…
It happened again. I’ll spare the details. This time it was one of my former Seminary students, a winsome, deeply committed young man. He had risen too fast from the small church where he began to serve, to a larger church with too much responsibility for his age and experience. He remembered a classroom lecture…
The advertisement promised a better and longer life. All I had to do was order and eat their food and consume their drinks. There were even a few brief testimonies from physically fit people telling how they had lost weight and toned up their bodies to look much younger. There was even a response card…
During the first week of my Freshman year at Howard Payne College (now University), in Brownwood, Texas, I was walking from class to the Cafeteria when suddenly there was someone walking beside me. She said, “Hi! My name is Betty.” I replied, “Hi! My name is Dan.” She said, “ I know. I worked at Glorieta Conference Center this…
I stopped by the Surgical Center recently to pay a visit to a long-time friend who was recovering from surgery. We met in our 20s, when we were both newly graduated, newly employed, newlywed, newly Dad. Our paths crossed many times through the years. We talked often, shared a meal occasionally, prayed together frequently, even reminisced from…
Ever wish you were like someone else? I am healing from my tenth MOHS (skin cancer) surgery, this one on my forehead, right between the eyes. I’ve had others on both sides of my face and on my nose, even one on my temple. accompanied by six weeks of radiation. I asked the Surgeon why. His answer was simple…
Underdogs Before Dallas had the Cowboys or Houston had the Oilers, back when I was a treen-anger growing up in Houston, I was a Green Bay Packers fan. Why? From childhood I was told I would be attending Baylor University, so I grew up loving the green and gold. Then I chose to attend…
Two years ago, I had never heard of a Podcast. Then I was asked to be the guest on several and I determined that this was not too difficult for a man my age to learn. About this time, I was invited by new friends Vidal and Josue Muñiz (father and son) to allow them…