By DANNY MINTON “Little did I know as I started for Uraga that that meeting was to be the first step in a complete transformation of my way of life.” As I read this statement, it reminded me of a man named Saul and the day he set out for Damascus. Saul had persecuted Christians, becoming someone to be feared

By DANNY MINTON Scanning the internet, I came across a couple of pictures on several sites of statues and what was taking place with them that made a vivid impression in my thoughts. One picture represents a line of four rabbits attempting to pull a smaller rabbit up a wall to be with them. The picture shows a little boy

By DANNY MINTON One Sunday morning, I saw a bird trapped in the church building, flying back and forth, trying to find its way to freedom. It was a common ordinary sparrow, but it reminded me of my first sermon. I was nineteen years old and still remember sitting across the desk from our minister, Alan Sowders, reviewing some thoughts

By DANNY MINTON It used to be ordinary for traveling missionaries to go through areas of the African jungles and establish congregations of Christian worshipers. When first converted, many of these congregations were very strict and serious about following the way of the New Testament, especially when it came to giving to God. At many of these meetings, it was

By DANNY MINTON I’ve recently seen several posts that depict shameful events in amateur baseball, from Little League to college. One video showed a catcher intentionally throwing a ball at the batter’s face. The results were that the catcher was barred from playing, and the coach was placed on suspension. Another video showed a catcher jumping to the side so

By DANNY MINTON There is a business sign in Nottingham, England, that reads: “We have been established for over 100 years and have been pleasing and displeasing customers ever since. We have made money and lost money and suffered the effects of coal nationalization, coal rationing, government control, and bad payers. We have been cussed and discussed, messed about, lied

By DANNY MINTON. Over the past few years, I have lost several friends who have, in some way or another, been an influence in my life. Each one touched a part of my life that made me a better person or at least had me thinking about things more deeply. My mind will play the reruns of our lives together

By DANNY MINTON “How do you tie your shoes?” That’s one of those questions you can go through your entire adult life and never be asked unless it’s by your child. So I’ll ask again, “How do you tie your shoes?” I interlace them once, form a loop with my left hand, and use my right-hand track around the left

By DANNY MINTON The story of Hachiko represents a heartbreaking story while at the same time possessing a heartwarming lesson. Born in 1923, Hachiko was an Akita dog adopted by Ueno Hidesaburo, a professor at Tokyo Imperial University. For months Hachiko would walk with his master to Shibuya Station, where Uneo would board the train for the city and his