By Danny Minton An official of a Mission Board, who knew that it takes more than desire to make a missionary, was appointed to examine a candidate. He told the young man to come to his house at six in the morning. The young man went to be examined at six in the morning, and the examiner kept him sitting in the room

By Danny Minton Without question, the hottest game in professional baseball was a game between the Boston Beaneaters and Baltimore Orioles on May 15, 1894, in Boston. The fireworks started in the third inning when Tommy “Foghorn” Tucker slid safely into third base. At that point, John McGraw of the Orioles kicked Tucker in the face, and a brawl broke

By Danny Minton While browsing through some old emails, I came across the following story, which was sent to me over twenty years ago. I’m unsure who the original author was, but I found at least three versions online. It’s old, but the thoughts it provokes are still as fresh today as years ago. “Years ago, a farmer owned land

By Danny Minton I’m not a biologist or an astronomer, but both are fascinating fields to study. Over the years, I came across a couple of interesting finds that made me stop and think about the universe in which we live.  Our bodies contain a protein called “Laminins.” The definition I found states, “Laminins are major proteins in the basal lamina,

By Danny MintonIn the middle of the 19th century, New York City was facing the problem of thousands of homeless and poor children living on the streets. The influx of immigrants added to the overburdened situation along with a time of depression and financial panic of the time. Disease and the Civil War would add to the burden, adding more

By Danny Minton Statistics confirm that the winter months have the most daily deaths, especially in December, January, and February. Along with this, these months also stir up emotions of sadness and loneliness because of past losses. Death and loss are two subjects we often avoid discussing but are an inevitable part of life. The loss of a loved one

By Danny Minton On Easter morning in 2009, Doug White, with his wife Terri and daughters Bailey (16) and Maggie (19), boarded a King Air 200 to travel home. They had been at Doug’s brother’s funeral in Florida, and a friend, Joe Cabuk, offered to fly the family back to Mississippi, where Doug had left his car. From there they

By Danny Minton When did you stop believing? Most of us grew up believing that every Christmas Eve, a jolly man with a white beard, wearing a red velvet suit, would come into our homes while we were asleep and leave us gifts. It was a magical time of innocence and excitement. We wrote him letters and sat on his

By Danny Minton Like faded photographs, my memories of gifts I have received over the years have begun to fade. Most of the gifts I remember hold some significant memory from my past. I remember a few Christmas presents from my youth. One year, my brother and  I received Daisy BB guns. We both survived without shooting our eyes out.