(I spotted something sitting on a shelf in myoffice, a Wheaties box honoring Willis Reed that heinscribed for me. Seeing the box rekindled memoriesof an interview I had with him, a local fellowwhose NBA career was spectacular and whopassed away at age 81 in 2023. In memoryof Reed, here’s an article I wrote about myvisit with him in 2009.)Willis Reed …

Fifty Eight years. That’s how long ago it’s been sinceBrother Jimmy Swaggart’s father, also a minister, cameinto my small Ferriday law office where I was a sole practitioner,and asked me to incorporate his church. Hetold me about his son who had recently been ordained asa Pentecostal minister in the Assemblies of theLord Jesus Christ branch of the church.Young Brother Swaggart …

Fear of failure is one of the biggest fears peoplehave. Ironically, failure is an integral component of thesuccess process. There are two distinctly different typesof failure. Absolute failure is when you give up. Successfulfailure is when you get back up.Of course, not everything you attempt works outas planned. When striving for a goal, you will likely discovermany ways which don’t …