Armadillo Hunting & Repentance
One of my jobs as a security guard in TX was to thin-out and reduce the armadillo population on campus. From time-to-time, our boss would...
Bird-Shot, Bibles, & Bad News!
I loved to hunt small game as a young man growing up in Western NY. Fall was my favorite time of year because my father, uncles, cousins...
Luck? Skill? Or, Something Else?
I was hunting one January near my home in Western NY. The snow was deep—above my knees. Thus, I was tired after walking for several...
Becoming a Reasonable Boss
When my kids were teenagers, they…er, I mean WE had a paper route. It was hard work. We had to pick-up papers by about 4 in the morning,...
No Good Deed...Goes Unpunished!
When you plant a church, you need the credentials AFAB next to your name instead of PhD or M.Div., etc. AFAB stands for “Anything For A...
Finding Your "Fit"
I had a job on a paint crew my freshman year of college. I also worked the paint crew at a youth camp in Orr, MN that year. One of my...