More than Oregano

She loves me, more than oregano. To what may I compare? Yes, the lovely herbal companion we speak of is pictured here with my Little Frau. It looks like they enjoy a strong relationship. You know what they say: behind every good oregano plant is a great woman. Stated another way, behind every garden bare [...]

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20 years and a day

I’ve had this shirt for 20 years. I’ve only worn it once. Actually, twenty years, and a day. You’ve likely heard the phrase “it takes a year and a day to get there”. Well, here we are, and it feels like mere moments have passed. The shirt became my property around 3:30 AM, May the [...]

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“To my girlfriend, who has children…”

I have this friend. He is married. I learned just this week that he is attracted to me, my, um, the intellectual things I bring to our mutual employer. This is starting off all wrong. Let’s try again. I have this friend. He is married. When traveling with he and others on business this week, [...]

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“The Beacon of Hope”

‘Tis a long and sullied tale; one full of late nights, molded bread, freezers, flames, Big Red chewing gum, and Aqua Velva. (not to mention a most unfortunate Santa Clause) And, truth be told, it really has nothing to do with the Lorax. “Oh, good, Mr. Grinch, and Mr. Lorax, too.”. Such we’re the roomie’s [...]

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Friends Forever

Way back In 1985, I first heard the tune “Friends” during an OC Spring Sing performance. For the remaining weeks of that term, everyone was running around singing the tune. I had never heard of Michael W. Smith before, and had no concept of how his music would follow along the jagged path of adult [...]

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They could be brothers

“He’s like the brother I never had”. (AB) An interesting thing happened after we moved into this neighborhood a few years back.   We met J, and now he is practically a part of the family. J not only met us, he has come to meet the other J, that being Jesus, and we now experience [...]

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It’s just a fantasy

“This feels like a dream; like I woke up and had never gone anywhere”. She came home today. So did dozens of other students who’d been traveling the world of late. Some in Europe, others in the Far East, each now adjusting to their new normal back in the U.S. New normals include the little [...]

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Beyond Babylon

This is what the Lord says: “You will be in Babylon for seventy years. But then I will come and do for you all the good things I have promised, and I will bring you home again. For I know the plans I have for you,” says the Lord. “They are plans for good and [...]

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Shake it, baby, shake it

Temptations flash mob for Dan Hays from Oklahoma Christian on Vimeo. What a day. Awaking to news of an overnight earthquake, awaiting word of a loved one’s arrival at a distant port of call, experiencing a great homecoming gathering at old Alma Mater, seeing a living legend break a significant record, seeing a beast levitate [...]

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Shootin’ vids with the kids…

Celebrate whimsy. Embrace it. Thank you Donald Miller, for putting into words a description of what our friends at Oklahoma Christian University have been doing for many years. The list of characters is long and noteworthy: Stafford North, Terry Johnson, Jim Baxter, Max Dobson, Ralph Burcham, Bob Lashley, Alfred Branch, Jay Jones, Mickey Banister, Dan [...]

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