Watching or Participating? One of the first cooking shows Amanda and I obsessively watched was “Top Chef” on Bravo. In fact, one of the winners, Richard Blais, who had an intimidating faux-hawk and genuine cooking skills, opened a...
All of the Angels When Amanda was on antepartum bedrest at Baylor University Medical Center in downtown Dallas, our daughters were not allowed to visit her because of restrictions due to COVID-19. The hospital was on lockdown and they could only...
Do You Want a Revolution? It was 1998 and I was a Junior in college in Nashville, TN. As a percussionist, I was knee deep in the Contemporary Christian Music world and had been invited to play on several worship albums. It was during this season...
Living in Moments of Intensive Care This has been an unpredictable and difficult season for each and every one of us. As people of faith, we have sought to live out our Christian love by protecting our congregation and our neighbors from...
A Vigil for Justice For many decades, the late Louis Austin and his wife, Katye, were “pillars of the church” at Royal Lane Baptist Church. Louis was president of Brown and Root, the corporation famous for major construction projects...
Giving Life through Blood and Food Dallas County reported 257 new COVID-19 cases and 16 deaths on Tuesday of this week, a record high for both of those figures. For reference, the previous record high of new cases was 253 with 14 deaths. Where do...
Saddling Up Anyway During a recent conversation, church member and dear friend, Carol Barger, reminded me of a John Wayne quote – “Courage is being scared to death and saddling up anyway.” It feels as if we need a lot of...