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That Was for You, Coach! Yesterday was a busy day for me. This year, I’ve been the head coach for my oldest son’s school soccer team. So far, we are undefeated. But yesterday, well, it was a close one. We had to travel up to Dalton to play at Heritage Soccer Complex. Seph’s school has the use of transit-type passenger buses, but in order to get there and get warmed up in time for...
Work to learn, not to earn Last week I told you about me getting invited to teach three classes at a local high school as a guest speaker, and some of the lessons we went over while I was there. Today I would like to expound on one of those lessons because the more I’ve thought about it, the more I realized it changed mine and Ashley’s lives. The lesson is called, “Work to learn, not to...
My first school trip I got the privilege of doing something this week that I have never done before. I got invited to be a guest speaker at a local high school and teach three 90-minute sessions. The teacher who invited me is a friend named Josh. The subject he teaches is construction, and it has three phases. Construction 1 is the first period, made up mainly of freshmen, and its purpose...
Happy Hebrew New Year If I timed this correctly, some of you should be reading this on New Year’s day. Now that may sound a little strange since we’re nowhere near January. Instead, we are coming into April. And according to Exodus 12:2, this is when Yahweh said we should start the year, and He called this month the month of Abib. (Exodus 13:4) The month of Abib is full of Biblical...
How the old ways can keep you alive We had something scary happen this week that caused me to use CPR for the very first time in my life. And I had to use it on my two-year old. We were having a lazy Sunday. After a late breakfast we decided to lounge about and watch a movie with the kids and pop popcorn. It was pretty cold outside and this felt like a great way to spend some family time....