Golf gave the world a gracious word: Mulligan. Like a lot of good stories, there are several versions of how the word came to be. Golf historians still debate the true origin. My favorite traces back to a golfer named David Mulligan in Montreal during the 1920’s. The story goes that after hitting a poor … Read more
Growing up in a solid Baptist home, dancing was never really discussed. Scottie Leech made sure piano lessons and choir weren’t optional – those were settled matters. Rhythm in our house came from a hymn book, not a hardwood floor. And if that didn’t shape the rest of us, my dad’s reputation in Brownfield certainly … Read more
February has a way of stirring old memories – especially in West Texas, where snow was rare and gone too soon. For me, one snowy day in 1967 turned into more than a school assignment. It became the beginning of a lesson that lasted nearly sixty years. I was six years old, in Mrs. Bobbie … Read more
“Though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again…” – Proverbs 24:16 In 2009, Boerne High School reopened its doors, and with it, the heartbeat of a small-town tradition came back to life. We had closed the school for a calendar year while it was remodeled. And with that return came the need for a … Read more
I once heard a simple line that stopped me cold. As the saying goes, “We do what we want to do, and we don’t do what we don’t want to do.” At first, it made me laugh—it sounded like something someone might say to justify skipping a meeting or leaving a party early, but the … Read more
It’s the start of a new season. The grass is mowed, the lines are chalked, and the air is buzzing with anticipation of competition. The players take the field, and then—there it is—the sound that cuts through the noise of the crowd. Walkup music. If you’ve been around high school baseball or softball in recent … Read more
As March Madness unfolds, basketball fans everywhere agonize over brackets that inevitably unravel by the first weekend. It’s a season that reminds us of the unpredictability of competition and the importance of perspective. And yet, amid the chaos of missed shots and buzzer-beaters, valuable life lessons emerge—not just about basketball, but about life itself. In … Read more
As I reflect on nearly four decades of coaching and directing athletics in Boerne ISD and teaching a weekly Bible study at First Baptist Church, one truth continues to shape my life; God is in charge, nobody else. This simple but profound reality has guided me on and off the court, in victories and defeats, … Read more