Danny Reding

I recently took another look at the portfolio of someone who invested in me many years ago. The return on the investment Dr. Warren Angell made in me—and in countless other musicians over the course of his career—is incalculable. I sang in his choir as a student at Oklahoma Baptist University for only one year, but his influence guided me throughout my career. I'm tempted to think he didn't remember me very well since I wasn't one of his standout students. Yet the last time I

A few years ago, I was writing out remarks for a wedding where I would be officiating and casually asked Lynn, “what would you say is important for a happy marriage?” She paused, but only briefly, and said, as if she had been preparing for this moment for quite some time, “Be nice (brief pause) Work it out. (another brief pause) Get over it.” Whatever I had in mind to write next faded in the light of her insight. I sat, silent, leaned back from my desk and thought, “I’m gonn