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…
So, I had another birthday recently. Let me explain to you youngsters what that means. Two months ago I was diagnosed with Acute Sinusitis. It took a month full of medications and a few cancelled events for me to beat it. Well, I didn’t really beat it. When it left my nose and I stopped…
I have written before of the 16th century Japanese “Forgetting the Year” Party, where participants brought the past year calendars to the party and destroyed them. We sentimental folks prefer keeping our old calendars in order to look back and reflect. We gain insight as well as strength from past experiences. However, there is something…
December is a special month for me for several reasons. My grandfather Crawford’s birthday was Dec. 2. My Dad’s birthday was Dec. 19. His sister’s birthday (my Aunt) was Dec. 22. My birthday is Dec. 30. On December 7, I was in an automobile wreck and sustained a broken second vertebrae of the neck, re-directing my…
The fact that I lived in six towns and attended fourteen schools before I met my wife, prepared me for a life of transitions, but I just wasn’t sure about her. She had lived in one town and three houses all her pre-college years. Could she handle six towns, fourteen houses, plus travel to all fifty states,…
Last week, seventy students received graduation certificates from the Valley Baptist Missions Education Center in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. As their Professor, I would have ordinarily been the one to hand them their certificate, then pose for their picture with me. However, due to a covid-like sinusitis, I was stuck at home, lest…