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

By Danny Minton The early American Indians had a unique practice of training young braves. On the night of a boy’s thirteenth birthday, after learning hunting, scouting, and fishing skills, he was put to one final test. He was placed in a dense forest to spend the entire night alone. Until then, he had never been away from the security

By Danny Minton Once upon a time, in a small village nestled between the mountains and the sea, lived a carpenter named Graham. Graham was known throughout the village for his wisdom and unique approach to trouble. At the edge of his property stood a majestic tree, which he fondly referred to as his Trouble Tree. Every evening, after a

By Danny Minton We never know how we will react when faced with trauma in our lives. Sometimes we take it in stride and move on, while at other times we find it challenging to handle. I have faced things in my life both ways. I’m reminded of an old hymn that H.G. Spafford wrote. It was a hymn written

By Danny Minton Pearl Harbor. Mention the name and most people flash back to our history classes on the beginning of the U.S. involvement in World War II. On one of the saddest days of the war, over 2,400 Americans lost their lives due to the surprise attack by the Japanese Empire. If we’re asked the name of a ship