Every high school football practice for me involved 10-yard sprints, and every pre-game warmup included them. Needless to say, I don’t miss this exercise. For the coach, the two most important elements of the sprint were: to get an explosive start and to sprint all the way through the finish line. If I struggled with […]
Asleep at the Wheel
A friend once borrowed my car and returned it to me totaled after he had fallen asleep at the wheel. Thankfully and miraculously, no one was injured (and yes, we are still friends). The wreck was upsetting, but at the end of the day, it was just a car. This incident is a reminder that […]
Temporary vs. Eternal
October 31st is Reformation Day. Martin Luther was a brave and studious professor at the University of Wittenberg. Having been ordained as a Catholic priest in 1507, he had a strong understanding of the Catholic Church. But, his pursuit of God and the study of Scripture led him to a place of conviction and courage. […]
Borrowed Faith Won’t Work
The story of Frank Abagnale was made famous by the 2002 film called Catch Me If You Can, which was based on Abagnale’s personal memoirs written in 1980. Perhaps the greatest conman of all time, Frank was able to manipulate his way into air travel and free hotels as a pilot. Additionally, his fraudulent career […]
Whom Do You Follow?
Recently, I agreed to meet a buddy for lunch in Auburn, Alabama. This is only a thirty-minute drive from my hometown of Columbus, Georgia, so I left my office with just enough time to make it to our meeting. I was so excited to connect with a dear friend and spend some time encouraging one […]
Potential
I decided to try out for the basketball team in 8th grade. I certainly loved the sport and had played countless hours of pick-up ball on the playground. I had height, speed, and some basic skills, but I had never played organized basketball, nor had I ever been coached. I was pleasantly shocked when my […]
Cast Iron Skillet
I learned a lot of valuable lessons as a child. Some of them included not sticking my finger in a light socket, always being sure to wear clean underwear, never talking back to my mother, “righty-tighty” and “lefty-loosey”, never drinking from dad’s tea glass, and making sure the cast iron cornbread pan is only ever […]
My Most Embarrassing Moment
When I consider my most embarrassing moment, I could tell you of the time that I gave a speech in school and didn’t realize that my zipper was down. I could reveal the time I tripped on the top stairs of a platform and fell flat on my face in front of an entire church. […]
I Saw it on the Internet
A post on social media is assumed to be true just because it reaches critical mass and goes viral. Why are we so gullible and programmed to simply believe what we see or hear as gospel truth? Have we truly lost our ability to think critically? In our postmodern world, relativism and pluralistic philosophy are […]
Stop Counting the Wrong Number
When Billy Beane became the general manager of the Oakland Athletics in October of 1997, he inherited an iconic organization that had lost its glimmer and now found itself in the shadows of powerhouse competition with bigger talent and pocketbooks. His outside-the-box strategy was criticized by baseball traditionalists, but his commitment to analyze metrics and […]