In 2016, back in the old days when I was a Family Court judge, I published a controversial book on Marriage and Divorce. “Judge Z: Irretrievably Broken” …
Read moreAugust 5, 2026 | St. Andrews ... the Holy City
“This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Once again men and women of ripe old age will sit in the streets of Jerusalem, each of them with cane in hand because of their age. The city streets will be filled with boys and girls playing there.” Zechariah 8:4-5 (NIV).
We often joke that Scotland is the Holy Land of Golf…
Read moreJuly 20, 2026 | "Are You a Golfer?"
“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.” Matthew 7:21.
My seatmate for the seven-hour flight from Philadelphia to Edinburgh was in the mood for conversation. I was not…
Read moreJuly 7, 2026 | The Legend of Bagger Vance
My favorite movie may be “The Legend of Bagger Vance”. The original novel by Steven Pressfield (1995) is even better…
Read moreJune 21, 2026 | The Door to the Invisible
Lorne Rubenstein is one of my favorite golf writers. I must confess as an amateur “author” that I envy the life of people like Lorne who figured out how to make a nice living writing about his passion— which is golf…
Read moreMay 8, 2026 | Cathryn's Shadows
This morning (May 8, 2026), I woke up to two emails that seemed to fit together. On the surface, the two would seem totally on two different ends of the universe. A Scottish preacher from the 19th century, and a college golfer in Kentucky…
Read moreMarch 31, 2026 | Minnesota Madness
Some of life’s best memories have been in this wonderful month of March. Winter is finally thawing for my old Kentucky home. The smell of springtime is coming…
Read moreMarch 24, 2026 | Say Something
“Let the Redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he has redeemed from trouble….” (Psalm 107:2 ESV).
The great patriarch Job would have probably argued that the best “R” word is REDEEM, or even better, REDEEMER…
Read moreJanuary 24, 2026 | Widows and Orphans
“Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” (James 1:27, NLT)
This is a story from The Master’s Inn at Steelwood CC in Loxley, Alabama. We opened for business on January 1, 2026 as a Christ-centered retreat center…
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