By JIM NICHOLS It has been said that sometimes you write what you need to read yourself. Here goes. There are two linked pieces to my thinking here. Consideration of them causes me to talk to myself and the conclusions boil down to just a few words. Unfortunately, though this conclusion consists of minimal words, they are functionally difficult for
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Gladys May Aylward wanted to be a missionary to the Chinese people, but it was the 1930’s, and the world was engulfed in unrest. Besides, she was a woman, a small woman with no language skills in any Chinese dialect, and no credentials to merit anyone sponsoring her efforts in wanting to go. But Gladys longed to
Read moreBy NANCY PATRICK Did you know you can actually look up colors related to causes and find a long list of color symbols? Wikipedia has a list of awareness months and days. Anything that anyone has ever cared about appears on one list or another because we all have our pet peeves, projects, and passions. Something I would like to
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS I do not like the idea. I prefer to think and believe that my current self is the result of something within me. I prefer to believe that, as a child, I had a rather central future that, though I did not know about it in detail, simply unfolded as I grew older. Thus, as an adult,
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON Today, I walked out back, a cup of coffee in hand, and took inventory of what I saw. From the back I can see several hundred yards in many different directions. I see the creek as it meanders a short way then empties into a long thin manmade lake. There are patches of finely manicured lawn, cut
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By DANNY MINTON When I was 15, I would look in the mirror, and staring back was a baby-faced kid with a flat top and acne. Puberty was certainly not kind to me during those years. By the time I was 18, I could look in the mirror and see a clear face, but sporting the same hairstyle I had
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By DANNY MINTON “You need to read this book…”. “Have you heard, …’s tape?” “This is a great blog click on this link.” “Have you seen this article?” How often has someone told us something along these lines? How often have we done it ourselves? I know I have on several occasions. Books, sermons, lessons, blogs, articles, webpages, and the
Read moreBy JIM NICHOLS As a professional biologist, I have lived most of my life in a world of data. One does an experiment and collects numbers that may or may not show trends. One designs experiments in such a way as to minimize the number of variables so that observations made might lead to a reasonable conclusion. The conclusions are
Read moreBy DANNY MINTON You walk through the store and come face to face with witches, skeletons, and all sorts of creepy critters. You walk by a display and a cackle shrieks in your ear. It’s that time of year. It’s Halloween. In a few weeks, you’ll open the door and face small living creatures from Disney princesses to zombies with
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Spirit Of Abilene 