Here are two videos from YouTube about four players and two coaches from the Seattle Seahawks where they talk about themselves, some of their football experiences, and their understanding and love for Jesus Christ.
Lanny Barnes was too ill to compete in some of the qualifying races for the Olympic Trials. Her sister, Tracy, competed and qualified for the U.S. Team. Then, she did something very unusual.
“We felt like everything was going in a direction that we didn’t want our young men going,” said Labrum, an alumnus of the program he’s coached for the past two years. “We felt like we needed to make a stand.”
Over the last couple of days, there has been significant and divergent response via social media, TV, online blogs, etc. to Sherman’s comments.
As I watched the NFL playoffs this past weekend, I was reminded of the reality that in sports today the ordinary is pointed to as extraordinary:
To merely call this game between Southern and Champion Baptist a blowout is like calling Tom Brady or Peyton Manning a good quarterback
For the last year, Tim Conrad – President of Uncharted Waters, Greg Linville – Executive Director of CSRM, and Bob Schindler – Executive Director of CSO, have been meeting dreaming, discussing and hashing out the foundational ideas of how they might unite to further this movement.
I couldn’t think of a better description for 2013 than this well known quote from The Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. I have never had a year quite like this, filled with really high highs and really low lows, several times really close together. For example,