By Danny Minton Over five years ago, I signed up to be a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for children in the foster care system in Texas. While most cases are said to last an average of 18 months, due to several complications, my case lasted for over five years.  I sat down in a foster home a little over

By Danny Minton “That which has been is that which will be,And that which has been done is that which will be done.So there is nothing new under the sun.”Ecclesiastes 1:9 (NASB) It was the most talked-about trial in the city and would be for years to come. The crowds gathered outside the courthouse. Most were unsure of the outcome,

By Danny Minton Let’s admit it. When it comes to things in the past that we are ashamed of, we often want to blot them from our minds. Sometimes we “sugarcoat” them, convincing ourselves that it’s the way things were at the time. One of those areas where many find themselves is seeing how discrimination not only plagues our country’s

By Danny Minton “Yesterday is gone forever. Tomorrow never comes. Today is in my hands.If I shirk today’s task, I shall be adding to my wasted yesterdays.If I postpone today’s duty, I shall be increasing tomorrow’s burden.If I accomplish what today sets before me, I shall be doing my best to atone for yesterday’s failures and to prepare for tomorrow’s

By Danny Minton The Paducah Sun, Paducah, Ky., November 31, 1926 (December 2, 1926): “Cousin Molly, dear frined:  I am a little girl of 12 years old, my sister is 8. My dady is dead and mama is a widow and is not able to work much. I am not expecting anything nice this Christmas. I will come to your

Editor’s Note: Danny Minton wrote the following as a Facebook post on Dec. 11, the 60th anniversary of a football injury that changed his life. By Danny Minton Life takes some journeys that lead you in ways you never expected. Sometimes the journey can be a blessing, and other times a journey of disappointments. My journey began in Wichita Falls,

By Danny Minton “I believe in the sun, though it be dark.I believe in God, though He be silent.I believe in neighborly love, though it be unable to reveal itself.” Beneath the old buildings of Cologne, Germany, Catholic Scouts discovered unused passageways. When the German Gestapo was moving “undesirables” from the streets of the cities, many Jewish families fled to

By Danny Minton Most of us born before 1950 remember exactly where we were when we heard the news on this date, November 22, 1963. It was a little after 12:30 p.m. on a Friday afternoon, while standing in the lunch line at school, that the words began to spread, and a typically loud crowd slowly grew quiet. We just

By Danny Minton In one of her writings, Marguerite Bro tells the story of a minister who took a young child to the circus. There was a clown in the center ring, dressed very dignified with a nice hat. When the clown bowed to a beautiful lady, the hat fell off, and the elephant sat on it. The clown, upset