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
By Michael J. Brooks I attended a denominational event in Richmond several years ago and took an extra day for sightseeing, including the Confederate White House Jefferson Davis used after h... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Anne Murray remains among my favorite musicians (and I trust she celebrated a happy 75th birthday last week). Her first song I remember is “Snowbird” when I was in colle... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks Some skate-boarders discovered our church parking lot, and some young men our basketball goal, and this is fine. I’m glad we can share with them in these days of summer... Read more
By Michael J. Brooks An old adage is that anger is one only letter away from danger. This is a good reminder for us all. Every one of us has done or said things in anger that we came to regr... Read more