There is HOPE!

A year and a half ago I blogged about this embarrassing story out of Texas where a Christian school basketball team slaughtered their opponents 100-0. To refresh your memory: 100-0 Game Is Your Fault Coach Grimes My responses: Christian Sportsmanship and Entitlement Mentality My new heros! A couple of things have happened across the country  [...]

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Looking Back ~ The First Decade of the Millenium

My friend Sherri asked this question on Facebook: How has your life changed in the last 10 yrs? On January 14th, 2000 I worked my very last day outside of the home.  I gave up an excellent salary and a nice office to stay home with my three children.  At that time they were 2 [...]

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Coach indicted: He shouldn’t have been the first!

Why does it always have to come down to a lawsuit?   It is about time that coaches place more value on their players lives than on winning games. Fallout from Stinson indictment could impact coaches across the nation Football coaches pushing kids to practice in 90+ degree weather in full gear. Soccer coaches who won’t [...]

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My new heros!

I should have added this to the last post, but it got way too long! Statement Regarding Dallas Academy Game 1/22/2009 The Covenant School, its board and administrators, regrets the incident of January 13 and the outcome of the game with the Dallas Academy Varsity Girls Basketball team. It is shameful and an embarrassment that [...]

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Christian Sportsmanship and Entitlement Mentality

Sportsmanship and redemption We live in a culture in which winning is everything. It’s easy for most of us to get caught up in the spirit of victory, even to the point of sadism (how is it, exactly, that parents of kids who go to a Christian school end up whooping and hollering as their [...]

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