Forget Red Bull. Blackwing gives you wings. Getting ready for a big moment today, I hauled out my trusty Blackwing 602 lead pencil and scratched out notes for the presentation. More than a year ago, Donya bought me a box of these special pencils used by some of America’s great writers and sketchers. I wrote…
Sixty-one years to Wednesday: a traveler’s guide to life from a misguided traveler
Today, we are 61 years removed from September 28, 1961. That maybe means more to me than most. In 1961, President Eisenhower left the White House in the care of President-elect John F. Kennedy, who urged Americans to “Ask not what your country can do for you…” (Apparently, his Democratic successors were not paying attention,…
Vapor: the impossible brevity of everything!
Vapor… I don’t care if you are the modern version of Methuselah, you are only here for a little while. A very little while. I try not to think about that every day but every now and then I do, and all the more frequently since my July 4th near-miss heart attack.
A very little while, indeed.
Learn to be still to find what you are looking for: A message from Don Henley and others
The Eagles Rock ‘N’ Roll Theology Listening to the Eagles on Spotify, I came across the song Learn to be Still and could not remember knowing it, though maybe I did at some point. The song arrested my attention, so I listened to it on a loop for a while before looking up the lyrics….
MOJO: where did it go and how do I get it back?
I lived, for awhile, in Odessa, Texas when I was a boy. My Dad and his partner, a fellow named Earl, owned and operated Basin Battery & Electric in Odessa, and my grandfather was pastor of some little independent Baptist church, the name of which I do not recall. If I had to guess, I…
My Independence Day Heart Attack: A Near-Life Experience
For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.” -The Apostle Paul to the church at Philippi, Philippians 1:21, the Holy Bible For most Americans, Independence Day 2022 will be remembered as a day of tragedy and triumph. The triumph of the American ideal of “liberty for all” continues to hold sway…
42
Today marks our 42nd wedding anniversary, Donya and me. Forty-two years of marriage. Forty…two! My good friend and coworker Keith Craft, when teaching someone about something that is difficult to accomplish, likes to say, “It sounds easy if you say it real fast.” I don’t know if you can say 42 years of marriage fast…