Why are some people good under pressure, clutch, and some people, equally talented, are chokers? Is it genetic? Or is it something else?

I heard a story recently about a man who passed away in Vidor, Texas and who, after the memorial service at the funeral home, was to be buried in Franklin, Texas some 205 miles away.  The committal service was to be conducted by a pastor serving a church in Franklin. The funeral director scrawled some [...]

Remember Valentine’s Day in elementary school? Buying the box of valentine’s cards at the grocery store and filling out one for every class member, even the boy who made fun of you for your thick new glasses and later broke your toe (accidentally) playing dodge ball?

Last New Year’s Eve Day I flew from Dallas to Houston and back again in one day so I could get gold status with American Airlines. Priority Access. Doesn’t that have a nice ring? It was odd making a trip that had no other purpose than to rack up points. It gives a whole new [...]

I like to make lists. So I started making a list of all the good things God is doing in our lives that we can’t control or prevent.

I know what I need to do. I need to take down each ornament, one by one, and put them in their respective boxes, unwind the lights and wrap
them around the coffee can, take out the fake branches and bind them in bundles to put back in the box.

He stood like a little blonde blue eyed deer in the headlights, the words frozen on his lips. Miss Hefflebauer, from her
spot as prompter, crouched behind the lectern, hissed “Robert,… and the child grew and became strong!”