I am an experienced traveler, both as a businessperson and as an individual. This year, even with Covid, we traveled to Canada twice, England, France, Spain, Portugal, South Africa, and Botswana. Last spring, I drove my father and uncle to California to visit family, a 4,000-mile road journey. I am …
Athletics
I recently returned from ten days at the World Athletics Championship held at the University of Oregon’s renovated Hayward Field. For track and field enthusiasts, like me, this was a cornucopian feast. For the first time, the championship was held in the United States and thanks to philanthropy, the …
Cardinal Joseph Zen
Since the very earliest recorded human history, publicly standing up for beliefs may have resulted in physical or mental suffering, perhaps even death. Scripture recounts opposition to Hebrew leaders, prophets, and early Christians. Jesus’ preaching and arguments with Jewish leaders led to his …
Virtual Worship
During most of my life, Sunday mornings were spent in church. I would wake up early Sunday morning, exercise, shower, dress, eat, and drive to church. Until recently, I dressed for Sunday worship in a coat and tie, even during the wickedly hot Texas summers where I grew up and worked. People dressed …
Uvalde
After my sophomore year of college, I worked for Conoco Oil Company as a roustabout at a heavy oil project near the Texas-Mexican border. I enrolled in Southwest Texas Junior College and lived in the dorms at the Uvalde campus. I took two elective courses and ate my meals at the college. In the …