As we sat in the airport awaiting our flight and watched as people boarded the flight at the adjacent gate – Allegiant Airlines flight 417, non-stop to Las Vegas, we noticed they were mostly happy people, headed for a holiday weekend or a vacation. Many no doubt planning to visit a few casinos, perhaps take…
We once had a beautiful long-haired dachshund. Even in her later years, all I had to do was say the word, “Go” and she would jump from wherever she was sitting and run to the nearest door. Funny how I have become like that dog. I know I need to say “no” occasionally, but every…
Fifty years ago, this month I began a six-year tenure serving as the Baptist Student Minister and Bible Instructor at Pan American University. This week I am speaking five times in three days to students at the same University (now called The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley). In preparation for these presentations, I journeyed…
It was a High School football game. He sat a few seats from me on the same row. After awhile he asked me, “Who are these teams?” I told him, then asked, “Where are you from.” His reply of ” Port Arthur” told me all I needed to know. Adjacent to the football stadium is…
Last Monday’s morning manna, “Things Seen and Not Seen in Hurricane Harvey” went viral so I am told. This week’s Manna may well go the opposite direction. I am getting really tired of small-minded people posting on social media that the devastation of Hurricane Harvey and now Hurricane Irma is God’s punishment on southeast Texas…
Having grown up in Houston, I sat glued to my TV set for hours watching the recent crisis created by record-breaking Hurricane Harvey. There were several things I did not see via all the media reports: • No protests by radical groups. • No police abuse, shootings, etc. • No Confederate statues pulled down. •…
Last week I participated in the North American Prayer Summit in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada (the oldest and most easterly city in North America). Prayer leaders from North American countries, especially Canada, U.S. and Mexico met for four days to share reports and pray for their continent. It made me wonder about the possibility of…
One year after the fall, fractured pelvis, dislocated from the hip, trauma surgery, twelve inch stainless steel plate inserted in leg, hospital stay, rehab facility stay, twelve weeks immobile, home health care, twelve weeks of physical therapy, walking with walker/cane, complete hip deterioration, plate screws touching sciatic nerve causing leg, knee, foot pain, then total…
The voice on the other end of the phone line said, “God wants us to minister to you and your wife.” It was a voice that I had not heard in many years, but it belonged to one who had re-connected with me on social media. My wife had just undergone her second major surgery…
The picture is black & white, faded a bit, with torn edges, survivor of six decades. It is a group of Royal Ambassadors, standing in front of their church family, receiving recognition for their accomplishments, proudly claiming to be “Ambassadors for Christ” (2 Corinthians 5:20). Standing next to me in the picture, is my friend,…