Category Archives: The Glory of Sports
Improbable Wins
If you happened to catch the game between the Seattle Seahawks and the Green Bay Packers last Sunday in the NFC Championship, you would have witnessed an historic victory. After trailing 0-16 in the first half, the Seahawks won in … Continue reading
Why I Can’t Quit on My Dream
It used to be in high school I had a dream to play in the NBA, and I worked hard to make that happen. I practiced all the time, dribbling out the passenger window of a moving car, dribbling my … Continue reading
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Tagged Basketball, Coach, Marysville, NBA, Washington
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Swamped with Gratitude
It is true that at every moment of our lives we are experiencing God’s blessings. It may not seem like it. Life itself is a miraculous one, how He keeps us alive and sustains us with food and water, air … Continue reading
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Tagged Florida, football, Jesus Christ, perseverance, Quitting, suicide, Swamps, thoughts on gratitude, winter of our discontent
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My Life on a Ladder
So how do I respond when I believe God is telling me to pray for and hope in something big? Something profoundly God-sized? Something only He can do? Believing in God-sized things is proper, isn’t it, for a Christian, since … Continue reading
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Tagged Basketball, home repair, Making Goals, Miraclees, Mountain Climbing, Practice regimen, Sports
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A Call to Rest
My grandfather was an engineer in the Army in World War II. He was promoted to sergeant. In the days just before the Army pushed across the Rhine into Germany, he was put in charge of clearing a road of … Continue reading
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Tagged choice, evil, fighting, good, good and evil, grandpa, land mine, literature, Peace, Rest, sergeant, Spiritual Warfare, World War II
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I’ll Take the Loss
Every Friday I take my client walking along the Green Belt because it’s part of his therapy, and lately we’ve had beautiful spring weather that has made each outing satisfying and liberating. On one side of the path is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Boise, Green Belt, horse racing, horses, Jesus, Jesus Christ, slaughter, special education
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Good Courage
Too often I lose sight of God. Fear gets in the way, and instead of living a life free in grace, I draw inward into a swamp that smothers the hope out of me. I become critical, struggling to swim … Continue reading
Posted in Inspiration, Love of Family, Scripture, Story, The Glory of Sports
Tagged Baseball, courage, discouragement, fear, grace, Hope, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Little League, love, sacrifice, Sports, suicide, winning
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Jesus Christ, King of kings
You’ve heard it said that artisans who are skilled in their work are able to make their craft seem effortless. Consider Michael Jordan; his athleticism and hard work made his artistry baffling; the same with Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, … Continue reading
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