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“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 moreThis 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 moreMy 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 moreWhen the word Muirfield is mentioned, most ignorant American golfers think of Jack Nicklaus’ grand course in Ohio...
Read more“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 more“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 more“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 more“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 moreDid you see the AT&T commercial with Ben Stiller and Jordan Spieth during the Masters?…
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“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 more“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 more“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 more“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…
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