If no one rang the bell, would Lurch ever show up? Monday night my son Jack and I went and got some ice cream. It was his turn for a 'Special Night With Dad'. On the way home, I decided to pick his brain a little, get some more conversation out of him. I threw the...

Despite having relocated to Big 12 country, last night I was definitely pulling for the Gators. Apparently I've still got a lot of Florida in me. But when that game was over, as happy as I was for the Gators, I knew what was coming for Oklahoma and Coach Bob Stoops....

For those hoping for a Christmas message, you're going to be disappointed. There is no shortage of great Christmas messages out there right now. See? We're going in a slightly different direction.When Norm Peterson was asked "How's the world treating you, Norm?" he...

So last month I found myself coaching Will's YMCA Basketball team. I'm given 8 four year olds, a bag of jerseys, a corner of an elementary school gym, and a list of drills put together by the Y staff. In all my years of coaching, this was right up there with the...

We're talking about coaching biblically. Coaching the way Jesus would coach. One component of that involves the words we use and how we use them. Specifically, what about cursing/cussin'/profanity/obscenities/swearing, whatever you want to call it. Does foul language...

Here's a good problem to have: there are about 4 things I want to write about today, but most of the ideas are not fully formed yet. So rather than continue wrestling with my brain, I'm going with the Word of God. Here goes...I am a Coach. I am an instructor. But...

"But encourage each other daily..." - Hebrews 3:13Earlier this morning a colleague and I discussed the idea of encouragement, and how important it is that we know how to build up others with our words and actions. The hard part about this is that we're all different,...

There's no shortage of things happening in the world that we could write about, many of them depressing and economic in nature, but you can read about that stuff anywhere. We're going to take a look at LSU D-lineman Ricky Jean-Francois, who recently told the Orlando...

Warning! This post is kinda deep.Are you like me? Have you felt too busy and really tired at some point in the last day, week or month? I was there, running and running, one activity to the next. Mostly positive, good, wholesome activities, but that's what they...

Earlier today I had a conversation with one of our readers who asked me to put the song title along with the artist when posting the "80's Lyric of the Week". While I understood the point being made, one intent of the Lyric of the Week is to stimulate dialogue. Maybe...