Are we returning injured players to sport too soon?
Why do so many kids not only keep getting injured, but keep getting re-injured?! The biggest risk factor for injury isn’t over-training or lack of fitness, poor coaching or poor preparation. It isn’t even reckless play. The biggest predictor of injury by far, is previous injury. Kids who’ve been injured before and are attempting to return […]
Consumer or Producer?
What’ll it be today… Will I catch everything tossed at me, And throw it back real hard? So they know I’m no pushover; I can give as good as I take? Will I consume everything set before me Chew and swallow, mop up the gravy, Because I’m a member of the clean plate club, and […]
Activism or Love in Action?
I was an activist way before is was trendy. Today, an activist is: “One who takes vigorous action or pursues involvement as a means of achieving political or other goals, sometimes by demonstrations, protests, etc.” If you are taking action toward your cause or your goals, you’re an “activist.” It seems like everyone in America […]
The temptation to look is hard to resist
For some reason, this feels especially true today … Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, On earth as it is in Heaven. Give us, this day, Our daily bread. Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who have trespassed against us. Lead us […]
Because We Care More About the Kids than the Soccer
I did something I have never done before at a Fit2Finish soccer session recently. I scrapped my complete injury prevention training plan, and we spent the whole 40 minutes talking, stretching and mending. Why? Because all but one of the players in the group were injured! Several told me they would be training later that evening […]
We’re not all meant to march
As news of Charlottesville is breaking and spreading across my newsfeed, a friend shares beautiful photos of a family vacation at a national park. Another, comments on the joy of having family all together at the beach. And I think, how can you share beauty and joy when we’re reeling in pain and hurt?! How dare […]
The Shack: Is Seeing Believing?
Did you see the movie, The Shack? The book just blew me away. Reading it a few years back, I marveled at the creative expression its author, William Young, used to tease out the three Persons of the Holy Trinity and their unique rolls in ministering to one of their beloved when tragedy strikes. The […]
Praying for Charlottesville
Charlottesville, Virginia, l’il college town, All the school year, full of UVA Wahoos, going to football games, going to class, going to pubs down at the Corner. Just like everybody. Come from Virginia and everywhere, to Mr. Jefferson’s University, to get a college degree and to learn about life, in the classroom and on the lawn, from […]
Everything Counts
If we knew this to be true, Every event of life is an experience of spiritual formation. Every action taken, every response made, every dynamic of relationship, every thought held, every emotion allowed: these are the minuscule arenas where, bit by bit, infinitesimal piece by infinitesimal piece, we are shaped into some kind of being. […]