By Michael Brooks Vacation Bible School — what memories it evokes! When I was a child, we had two-week schools instead of today’s one-week or three or four days of classes. We marched... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks They came on the same day. One was a “downer” and the other was an “upper.” The downer was an editor who asked me to take her off my weekly devotional list. She didn’t s... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks “And they lived happily ever after.” This oft-repeated line is burnished in our memories from childhood stories we heard so long ago. But they’re called “fairy-tales” s... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Some political pundits were quick to criticize a newly-elected U.S. senator who said in an interview the three branches of government are the “House, the Senate and the... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Recently I read “Twenty-Six Seconds—A Personal History of the Zapruder Film,” by Alexandra Zapruder, the granddaughter of Abraham Zapruder who captured the shocking seco... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Her husband oversaw the work of Baptist churches in our county, and their son was a church staff member in another state. She said to me one day, “When our son tol... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I remember how angry the man was. He came to our hotel one evening with a confirmation number. I pulled it up on the computer and discovered the reservation was for the... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks I purchased the first season DVD compilation of “The Wild, Wild West” from the mark-down shelf lately. I guess the current generation doesn’t generate much demand for a... Read more
When I moved to Marion, Alabama to begin work at Judson College, one of the more interesting events was an invitation to preach at the Marion Presbyterian Church. Sam Colburn, an elder in th... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks My generation remembers the Watergate era and the White House taping system. President Nixon wasn’t the first president to tape in the Oval Office; President Johnson did... Read more
