People often laugh at me when I tell them that I spent three years in Muleshoe, Texas. I think they have this image of a Jeff Foxworthy redneck paradise. That of course is the farthest thing from the truth. Muleshoe is a very prosperous agriculturally based town. I moved there after 8 wonderful years serving on the staff at the Tenth and Broad Church of Christ in Wichita Falls. Muleshoe marked my first opportunity to fly solo and be in…
Ready to go to camp? Of course I am not ready to go to camp. I am not even thinking about camp. It is the middle of January. Why would anyone in their right mind be thinking about summer church camp in the dead of winter? Jack would greet me every Sunday with that question. There was never an exception. It did not make any difference if it was January or September. Jack was ready to go to camp. Don’t…
My mother was the Queen of Hospitality. When I was 16 years old, she would make homemade chicken tenders and all of the trimmings, and bring it to the car wash where I worked. My friends inahaled her Southern delicacies. I have tried to replicate her chicken tenders on more than one occasion, but finally gave up. When I was in college, we were welcomed home from Texas Tech football games with homemade stew and cornbread. My friends living in…
I am feeling rather nostalgic today. General Motors announced last week a plan to discontinue the Pontiac line. I did not think much about it at first, and then I read an article about America’s romance with the Pontiac muscle cars. I guess I am no exception. I too have always been enamored by the classic GTO’s, Firebirds, and Trans-Ams. My second grade teacher had an awesome 1968 Pontiac Firebird. It placed her a notch higher in the eyes of…