I had only been preaching for a few years when my pastor-father invited me to preach for him on a Sunday morning service at the First Baptist Church in Nacogdoches, Texas – my largest audience thus far and we were broadcast live on the local radio station. I finished the sermon, thankful I had made…
After Joanne was released from the Heart Hospital last week, I dropped her off at home, then went to the pharmacy to pick up her prescriptions. The Pharmacist questioned the prescriptions, and we called the release nurse who affirmed them to be rare but not impossible. Without going into detail, my wife was to continue…
If I had known back then what I know now, then would have been much easier. One of the highlights of each year back then, was spending a week, sometimes two weeks at Palacios Baptist Encampment on the Texas Gulf Coast. It was there that I first sensed God’s call on my life and responded…
It has been a season of stress at our house – Joanne’s heart issues, combined with falls and broken bones, plus my double cataract surgery and bleeding retina injections. However, we both have friends with more serious issues, so perhaps these quotes on stress will help other When we long for life without difficulties, remind…
I have a private group on Facebook entitled. “Dr. Dan’s Bible Reading Group.” The 365 members read one chapter each day and some post impressions, feelings, applications, and related prayer requests. Most don’t post but only benefit from the postings of others. Last week we read 1 Corinthians 14 and verse 8 captured my attention,…
Last week my wife and I celebrated our sixty-second wedding anniversary. On a dinner date sometime before our wedding, I learned something about my wife-to-be. As I went to pay the bill, she produced a two-for-one coupon. What a great idea. That idea would surface again during our wedding when Martha Fannin sang the prayer and…
My wife and I are alike in a lot of ways. I guess that explains sixty-two years of wedded bliss. But we also have our differences. I bust my you-know-what to be at least five minutes early for everything, whereas Joanne lives with the idea that nothing of significance happens in the first five minutes…
Today, I get a new prescription for my vision. Five weeks ago, I had my first cataract surgery, followed a week later with my second cataract surgery. Three medicated drops per day for three weeks, and I am now ready to have my eyes checked and get a new prescription. All of this has given…
The World Cup turned my world into multiple Soccer fans. Everywhere I went it seemed like Soccer was King. Even folks who had never been to a match before were using words like pitch, header, penalty minutes, knock-out round, golden ball, etc. Nothing wrong with these new words, but then I found an exception –…
She gave me good advice that ranged well beyond the subject of our discussion. A few weeks ago, I was facing cataract surgery in both eyes and had listened to the various possibilities including a lens replacement solution that went several thousand dollars beyond the coverage of Medicare. Needing advice, I turned to my Optometrist…