Four Signs that Kids Sports Are Actually Hurting Them
When I was growing up playing sports, nobody ever got hurt, at least not seriously. I don’t remember a single teammate ever complaining of knee pain, shin pain, heel pain or hip pain. Today nearly all young athletes eventually experience at least one of these maladies. What has changed since the “good ole days?” Plenty. […]
Take Away Everything
Where does the time go? What happened to my days? They’re endless What happened to my weekends? They’re overrun What happened to my vacation? It’s absent What’s become of the order in my life? Oh Child, I did not create the clock, You did. I did not create weekdays and weekends, You did. I did […]
Separate is not Equal
We don’t want to hear it! And we certainly don’t want to see pictures of it! That’s what my friends who are digging out of Blizzard 2016 are telling me. And I don’t blame them. There they are, buried in nearly three feet of snow, and here I am sitting pretty in the Florida sunshine. […]
Not Your Usual Bouncer
Ready…go! Each set off at his own pace with her own rhythm in their own style. Bounce.. bounce…. bounce. bounce…boun..ce bounceee.. bou..bbounce Tennis balls, in their joy and merriment, leaping and playing, of their own accord. Until bounce..bounce.bounce..bounce..bounce.bounce..bounce. Became bounce.bounce.bounce.bounce. They were finished, then. Fallen in, Rank and file, Orderly. Procession. Oh, the sound. Calling […]
God’s up to something
Calm, peaceful, still, ever. How can anyone tire of this view? That goes on forever, Forgives all Welcomes all Receives all. You are there. Out my bedroom window My backyard, My puppies’ playground, Sheltered and safe. *** Wait! What was that? Who do you think you are, Forcing your way in like that? Painting my […]
Creating My Own Virtual Reality
Today, I begin. No direction. No insistence. No requirements. Nothing calls me. Nothing claims me. I can reply to every email or not one. I can answer every call or silence my phone. I can strike off in any direction I choose. And I do choose. I have this choice everyday. Today, I see it. […]
It’s Amazing What Sport Shows Us and What it Shows Others About Us
I didn’t know Don Paup was a world champion. Yes, he was tall and athletic but his posture was welcoming and his presence, unassuming. Most days he sat behind a desk piled high with papers and journals or staffed the cardiac rehab lab joking with the guys as he took their blood pressures. Two days […]
Embarassed by my Abundance
My daughter nailed it. “Mom, are you embarrassed by that bag?” We were browsing in a fancy leather store and I had tried on a Prada purse just for fun, but she could tell by the look on my face that I could never go out in public sporting that thing. Too much. It wasn’t just […]
What have you kept?
It’s a season of subtracting for me. I’ve spent a lifetime accumulating. Collecting books, papers, files, friends, travels, vehicles, a home, a church, jobs and a few paychecks. I have a lot, just not a lot to show for it. I invested a lot of myself in the doing, but from the distance of years, it diminishes. I rifle through boxes of […]
If Christ were broken bread today
He’d be flatbread with farm to table toppings.
