Adam and Eve is the first recorded story of boy meets girl, at least in the Bible. As far as I know, Adam didn't use a dating app. The story I got says his Maker started out with a parade of animals, hoping the boy would take one of them as a pet, each one… Continue reading Boy Meets Girl–1908 Version
God’s Zip Code
God likes high places. Or, at least in our minds, he prefers a mountaintop perch. He's like an eagle with a nest on a high cliff, barely visible to the naked eye. There are good reasons the ancients thought that mountains were the dwelling place of "the Most High God." For one thing, the Divine… Continue reading God’s Zip Code
Little Feet
The legend of Big Foot has legs. Something about an ape-like man, muscular, body covered in dark hair, almost nine feet tall, who combs the woods in the Pacific Northwest, has a grip on popular imagination. Every few years, somebody reports a sighting of Big Foot. The description of him doesn't vary all that much… Continue reading Little Feet
When Words Aren’t Enough
Have you ever asked yourself where Tombstone, Arizona got its peculiar name? If you're like me, you probably assumed it was a town full of tombstones. We've all heard the story of the Earp brothers and Doc Holliday and the infamous shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone. Shootouts usually result in tombstones. But, if… Continue reading When Words Aren’t Enough
Prayers for the Young Man Who Committed Suicide
Lord, Giver of life and whose Spirit moves in and through our every breath, remember in your kindness the young man who despaired of this world and who longed for a better world. Sadness fills our heavy hearts because he became lost in this lost world and we could not find him soon enough. You… Continue reading Prayers for the Young Man Who Committed Suicide
Answered Prayers at the Dairy Queen
My niece's boyfriend thinks Dairy Queen has the best hamburgers in the world. He'll take a DQ burger over anybody else's. A lot of people agree with him because Dairy Queens are seen as frequently in these small West Texas towns as the solitary traffic light on Main Street. I prefer their ice-tea, although I… Continue reading Answered Prayers at the Dairy Queen
Mama’s Fried Chicken
My mama poured as much or more love into her fried chicken as she did Crisco lard. And you can be sure as she started to get her big cast-iron skillet ready for the fried chicken, she'd scoop out big serving spoon size portions of Crisco. So, needless to say, there was a lot of… Continue reading Mama’s Fried Chicken
In the Nick of Time
My great-grandmother lived to be a very old woman, eighty-nine years old in fact, but that long life was only because of a few precious minutes fifty years earlier. Those minutes made the difference between her having fifty more years on earth or her dying prematurely as a woman in the prime of life. I… Continue reading In the Nick of Time
The North Window
As a boy more inclined to the indoors than to the outdoors, I grew up on Alfred Hitchcock movies. I'm not sure what effect the movies had on me. Maybe my clear sense that bad things can happen to good people had its nascence in those creepy Hitchcock movies, such as The Birds or Rebecca.… Continue reading The North Window
The Groom People
These days Groom, Texas has about 500 people who call it home. I don't know if the population has changed or not over the years. Maybe. Like other little towns in Texas, it's always easier to tell you what big city it is near. Groom is 42 miles east of Amarillo. For example, many small… Continue reading The Groom People
Sunday Brunch 