I started typing this story a year ago- literally- on July 5, 2024. It was the day after the British elections on July 4, 2024. I simply did not have the nerve to publish it…
Read moreJune 30, 2025 | Heaven's Invitation
“Then their eyes were opened, and they could see! Jesus sternly warned them, “Don’t tell anyone about this.” But instead, they went out and spread his fame all over the region.” Matthew 9:30-31.
“Well, in case you’re not free, you need to be. We’re goin’ to Augusta.” …
Read moreJune 10, 2025 | His Name was Bruce and We Lived in Kansas
“‘Tell me about your father, young man,’ And David replied, ‘His name is Jesse, and we live in Bethlehem.’” (First Samuel 17:58-59).
On June 10, 1965, a five-year-old little boy named Bruce Johnson Jr. lost his daddy…
Read moreJune 8, 2025 | Ben Hogan? Who's He?
“Therefore since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses…” (Hebrews 12:1a)
I do not typically hang out with sixteen-year-olds. But on a recent trip to Scotland, one of my traveling companions was my friend’s son. I loved this kid, but I quickly discovered that the so-called Generation Gap was a Grand Canyon…
Read moreMay 31, 2025 | Ananthi Jebasingh: Slum School
“Let the children come to me. Don’t stop them! For the Kingdom of Heaven belongs to those who are like these children.” Matthew 19:14.
Ananthi Jebasingh has spent her life saving children in the slums of Delhi. But she helped to save me, too. Let me explain…
Read moreMay 10, 2025 | Robert E. Lee's Birthday Party
In Family Court, yesterday’s surprises were usually forgotten because of today’s shockers. Eventually, you forget them all. But there are exceptions. Like Robert E. Lee…
Read moreMay 3, 2025 | Governor Jones: A Pilgrim Passing Through
“… they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.” Hebrews 11:13 (KJV).
I took my seat in the Kentucky State Senate in January 1991. I was thirty-nine. I had won the election by two votes. It didn’t take me long to figure out that I was powerless…
Read moreApril 21, 2025 | Nicky Winton - Just One Life
My friend Stan Key has written a book to be published soon. The title is “One Life”. I sure like the title, and presumed that he stole it from a movie I saw on a trans-Atlantic flight last summer…
Read moreMarch 29, 2025 | A Wonderful Walk with Ford
Pray in the Spirit at all times and on every occasion. Stay alert and be persistent in your prayers for all believers everywhere. (Ephesians 6:18 NLT).
It is March 19, 2025 as I write this. Yesterday was my 74th birthday!…
Read moreMarch 11, 2025 | Three A.M. - There's More
"And rising very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he [Jesus] went out to a desolate place, and there he prayed." (Mark 1:35, E.S.V.)
Two devotionals came flooding into my heart today that got my attention. Both are from “older women”…
Read moreMarch 6, 2025 | Golf is Way Too Hard
Golf is way too hard. And I think I have the answer! So… Listen up…
What if the sacred rules of golf are all wrong?…
Read moreFebruary 26, 2025 | Slumdog Day
“The rich and poor meet together. The LORD is the maker of them all.” Proverbs 22:2 (KJV).
Most days fall into the oblivion of weak memories. But some days are never forgotten. January 29, 2025 was such a day…
Read moreDecember 28, 2024 | Jeremiah was a Bullfrog
JOY TO THE WORLD.
Over this Christmas season, I preached a sermon on the subject of JOY at our local chapel. It was not that easy. I am still not sure I got it right. I understand happiness and pleasure and even contentedness. But JOY is difficult to explain…
Read moreDecember 1, 2024 | Altar Calls or Alter Calls
“So he (Abraham) built there an altar to the Lord, who had appeared to him.” (Genesis 12:7, ESV).
This story started with a text I received in mid-October. I spoke at a national men’s conference for CBMC on October 5 in St Louis and at the end of my message…
Read moreNovember 27, 2024 | A Fixed Heart
This story is an addendum to my last story about my brother’s entry into heaven.
Danny Philpot’s story, like all tales, cannot be told in one simple obituary or eulogy. It is seventy-one years of real life with too many stories to tell and too many lessons to be learned…
Read moreNovember 17, 2024 | The Power of a Little Brother
My last published story on this website was nearly three months ago (August 20). I have had writer’s cramps.
I have a pretty good excuse. My baby brother has been dying…
Read moreAugust 20, 2024 | Muirfield, Mrs. Mustard, and the Major
When the word Muirfield is mentioned, most ignorant American golfers think of Jack Nicklaus’ grand course in Ohio...
Read moreAugust 7, 2024 | "Fine, sir. Everything is fine."
“The boy looked so much like a corpse that many said, “He’s dead.” (Mark 9:26).
My first trip to the golf haven of Gullane in Scotland was in 1984. Last month, Sue and I returned to Gullane...
Read moreJuly 8, 2024 | The St. Andrews Seven
“Who will go for us? And I said, “Lord, I’ll go! Send me.” (Isaiah 6:8 NLT).
Do you know the story of “The St. Andrews Seven”??
Surely a golf story, right?…
Read moreJuly 2, 2024 | Heaven comes down at Royal Troon
“I saw a door standing open in heaven… and the voice said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after this.” (Rev. 4:1).
Royal Troon… the site of so many memorable Opens, starting in 1923 when Arthur Havers holed a bunker shot on the 72nd green to upset Walter Hagen by a shot. He won seventy-five Pounds…
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