One of my favorite PGA players is without a doubt Phil Mickelson. During an interview with late-night talk-show host Conan O'Brien, Phil was asked what he would do to celebrate winning the Masters. Would he be drinking a lot? Mickelson said, "I'll spend time with my...
Back in 1966, Doug joined an organization called Operation Mobilization for a year of ministry in France. While in London for training, he volunteered to work on a cleanup crew late one night in preparation for a conference that was to begin the next day.Around 12:30...
One dear old duffer on our course has given up on golf altogether. Oh, he doesn't mind hitting a ball now and then, but if you're standing near the tee box when he swings, you'll notice that he purposely aims for the creek. And when the ball goes where he intended, he...
During the past few years the friend I've golfed with more than any other is Mike Olver. Mike is younger than me, slightly shorter, but monumentally stronger. In fact, Mike has muscles in places where I don't even have places. He sometimes asks which club I am using...
It is Saturday morning. Outside the restaurant, broad fluffy snowflakes are quietly burying memories of fall. Christmas is around the next corner. Near me parents and children are munching happily, storing energy so they don't drop when they shop.Across the table sits...
One of my author friends is Lee Strobel, who has written several excellent books including The Case for Christ. In the summer of 1974, while I was slogging my way through seventh grade, Lee was an eager young journalist working at the Chicago Tribune. While I was...
Once upon a time there was a little boy named Sparky. At least that's what his classmates called him. He was given the nickname in honor of a comic strip horse named Spark Plug. Sparky hated the name. But name-calling was the least of his worries.School was tough for...