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Five minutes into my sermon, when the girl on the fourth pew shrieked and threw her hands in the air, I knew that this would not be our...

My dad loved underdogs. Back in the ‘60’s, Dad would “watch the game” on Sunday afternoons. Funny thing, he usually “watched” with his...

I laid a dead plant by the street. No one noticed. Perhaps no one noticed because dead plants are common at our house. I’m not saying my...

In my files is a list of “Life’s Unanswered Questions.” Can you answer these? ~Why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle? ~Why...

At my age, I've seen it all, done it all, heard it all; I just can't remember it at all. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about...

one of Savannah’s lush squares, just a few blocks from where the dark waters of the Savannah River slide slowly toward the Atlantic,...

Isn’t it nice to be remembered? I saw a minister friend that I’ve known only casually and had not seen for months. It was surprising to...

“Only one thing is needed.” Are you kidding? Hundreds of things are needed today! Work is piling up. One of the kids has to be taken to...

Being a modest man, I rarely mention that I was a star in the NBA. I hesitate to talk about playing basketball in packed stadiums. I’m...

Following her death in 1999, Mother Teresa was on the fast track to becoming a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. The beginning of her...