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…
Read moreJune 12, 2024 | "And There but for the Grace of God"
“And there but for the grace of God…..”
This sounds like a Bible verse from Sunday School days, or maybe William Shakespeare, or at least C. S. Lewis. But no…
Read moreApril 14, 2024 | Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
Did you see the AT&T commercial with Ben Stiller and Jordan Spieth during the Masters?…
Read moreMARCH 21, 2024 | My Mistress
“The young women see her and praise her; even queens and royal concubines sing her praises: ‘Who is this, arising like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as an army with billowing banners?’” (Song of Songs 6:9-10 NLT).
I have had a mistress for forty-one years. And this one gets better with age. Let me explain…
Read moreFebruary 20, 2024 | Time for the Harvest?
“I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest!” (John 4:35).
I retired in January 2018 at age 67. Most lawyers never get to retire, but I was fortunate to have a generous judicial and legislative pension…
Read moreFebruary 6, 2024 | Fifty-Four Year Walk
“They will walk with me in white, for they are worthy.” (Revelation 3:4, ESV).
It was 7:30 am on February 6, 2024. Blue skies and 44 degrees greeted me for my opening tee shot for my annual Second-Tee golf marathon…
Read moreJanuary 19, 2024 | Saved: The Bruce Simpson Story
“He lifted me out of the pit of despair, out of the mud and the mire. He set my feet on solid ground and steadied me as I walked along.” (Psalms 40:2 NLT).
Bruce Simpson was a hot-shot junior golfer when we met as teenagers in 1965. He was one year older than me and one of my juvenile heroes…
Read moreDecember 31, 2023 | The Green Lap of Nature
“One evening as he (Isaac) was taking a walk out in the fields, meditating, he looked up and saw the camels coming.” (Genesis 24:63 NLT).
Lettie Cowman was a saintly missionary to Japan. She is one of the ‘dead authors’ who speak to me from antiquity…
Read moreDecember 26, 2023 | Ben's Ole Black Dog
Ben Ferrell is the only person who sends me a simple thank you card every year.
“Dear Tim, Thank you for leading me to Jesus. Your friend, Ben”…
Read moreDecember 15, 2023 | Prayer Children
“They had no children because Elizabeth was barren, and now they were both very old.” (Luke 1:7, NLT).
In 1989, Sue and I joined a dozen other Americans on what we thought would be a typical short-term mission trip…
Read moreNovember 21, 2023 | The Wisdom of Willie
“Even in old age, they will still produce fruit; they will remain vital and green.” (Psalm 92:14 NLT).
“Old Pro”. These two words echo in so many golf tales throughout the decades…
Read moreNovember 8, 2023 | Enrique Cepeda
“Now go, and do as I have told you. I will help you speak well, and I will tell you what to say.” Exodus 4:12.
On November 1, 2023, I lost a “Treasure”…
Read moreOctober 26, 2023 | Richie's Good Friday
Last Friday, October 20, was not a “Good Friday” for my Church of God pastor friend Richie Nobles, who headed out for a routine golf game at Steelwood Country Club…
Read moreOctober 11, 2023 | HUMZEY: Golf Helps
One of the great days of my teenage life was the day my father told us he had joined Tates Creek Country Club in Lexington, KY…
Read moreSeptember 11, 2023 | Is It Monday Again?
“They shoot from ambush at the innocent, attacking suddenly and fearlessly.” Psalm 64:4 (NLT).
Not every day is the same. Everyone over thirty remembers where they were on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001…
Read moreAugust 18, 2023 | Timmy
“I am writing to Timothy, my true son in the faith.” (I Timothy 1:2).
My 1950’s childhood was idyllic. I was born Timothy Neil Philpot, but everyone called me “Timmy”…
Read moreJuly 31, 2023 | CRUCIFORM and the Missing Cross
“And if you do not carry your own cross and follow me, you cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:27).
I learned a new word last month. CRUCIFORM. I love new thoughts and words…
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