The movie trailer caption read, “It’s all she’d ever known…it’s all he’d ever known.” She is white, affluent, successful home decorator Leigh Anne Touhy, who has two bright kids and a husband who is a Taco Bell millionaire. He is black, homeless, fifteen year old Michael Oher, who has twelve siblings scattered all over Memphis, [...]
While visiting my grandson’s pre-school recently I was reminded of a refreshingly fun book I read a number of years ago entitled Everything I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum. I wholeheartedly agree with Fulghum’s simple assessment; “Wisdom was not at the top of the graduate school mountain, but there [...]
I love being a grandpa. It gives me license to be silly. My two grown sons can’t figure out what happened to me. They watch me with my seven grandkids and just shake their heads in disbelief. “Is this really the man we called Dad? Is this the guy who told us to stop being [...]
Went to a high school football game the other night and I’d forgotten just how much I love high school football. Lots of changes: the unevenly lit field to high tech lighting, the stale popcorn to pizza and nachos, and the occasionally synchronized marching band to precision performers. There were still the cute cheerleaders and [...]
Can you imagine training for a race by running up steep hills in heavy army boots? How about wearing a gas mask to help your breath control while you were running? Or what about running in place for hours in a small room at different speeds after your government said you couldn’t be outside? Sound [...]
I was recently reminded of a very important biblical lesson during a trip to the toilet. Now before you turn away in disgust please hear me out. This is not a gross-out blog. So let me set up the story with the quote that initially inspired me. It’s from a devotional book that I read [...]
