Pure Joy! It’s Your Party!
It’s complete pandemonium, folks! The crowd roars as the team is announced. They break into song as the players stride to the podium. The roar is deafening as they hoist the championship trophy. It is ours. After decades of waiting and a lifetime of work, we have won it! Pure joy! This is the scene as […]
Putting Practice into Play is Easier and Harder than We Think
I was told “Practice makes perfect,” so my defiant younger self quipped, “Practice makes perfect, but no one’s perfect, so why practice?” That was a) to hide my fear of being imperfect, b) to distract people from seeing all the practicing I was doing and c) to excuse myself in case that practice didn’t work. (and […]
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 […]
One little thing stands in your way
Really, again? When Peter asked Jesus, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” what Peter really wanted to know was not how long he ought to keep forgiving, but how soon he could stop forgiving!* Jesus, of course, knowing what Peter is up to, […]
The Dance of Life
Gliding, flowing, streaming across the surface, without effort without care without fear, she slides along. The ice is slick, but, on razor’s edge, she is balanced and strong. Her blade is firm, posture sturdy, confidence in full bloom. Leaping, landing, forward and backing, running, jumping, dancing and whirling, spinning, stopping, pure delight. Shall we dance? […]
Learning to Balance May Be Life’s Most Important Lesson
This is stability to me. Learning to balance on an uneven, but forgiving surface. Teaching others to do this in a strong and capable way is one of my greatest joys. Of course, it’s not always as easy as it looks.
Sometimes Mission is not so Far Afield
I made a wrong turn on my way to a training session. Darn that GPS, it proclaims “you have arrived!” just as you pass the turn. Thankfully, just up the road there was a big church parking lot where I could make a U-turn. On exiting the lot, I was greeted by this sign: I […]
Do you hear what I hear?
What do you hear when you listen?
US Women’s Soccer Team Has Inspired Us to Believe
Who says the Bible is an outdated book that doesn’t speak to our current circumstances?? From Acts 2:42-47, we read, (with some modifications) … The Fellowship of the Believers They devoted themselves to the coaches’ teaching and to their teammates, to the breaking of carbs, proteins and fats in moderation and to petition, imploring and appeal […]
The Hurrieder I go, the Behinder I get
That phrase, from a poster on my high school bedroom wall, is haunting me today. Not because time has passed, but because it hasn’t seemed to. It’s even more true today than it was back then, and it has me wondering whether I am making any headway. Speed breeds errors. Which mean do-overs. Which take time. […]