Items Tagged with "Excellence"
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Passion in Our Play (Part 1)
Sit up straight. Be quiet. Don’t fuss. Stay out of that. Sit still. Move back over here. Don’t whine. I found myself in the midst of such a struggle with my three-year-old in church this past Sunday, where my darling daughter could be preoccupied with books and crayons for only so
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Passion in Our Play (Part 2)
The rain-drenched soccer field is barren of its usual high school practices today, but mistaken is the assumption that a wet Labor Day brings a cessation of activity upon this lush, green surface. Seeking a refuge for solitude and quite contemplation, I arrived here minutes ago, only to promptly be
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Passion in Our Play (Part 3)
I hate weeding my yard. I’ve yet to discover in myself an innate passion for the task of pulling all the pesky, little buggers out from amidst my grass. I find myself chuckling, then, when I think of my dad’s yard. He’s a chemistry professor by trade and a gardener at heart; and
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Passion in Our Play (Part 4)
Then Frodo came forward and took the crown from Faramir and bore it to Gandalf; and Aragorn knelt, and Gandalf set the White Crown upon his head…But when Aragorn arose all that beheld him gazed in silence, for it seemed to them that he was revealed to them now for the first time. Tall as the
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Passion in Our Play (Part 5)
Jimmy Morris is an old man, as baseball players are concerned; he’s a high school science teacher and baseball coach, married father of three, and long has given up on his dream of playing in the major leagues. However, after making a deal with his team and throwing a 98-mph fastball at a try
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Passion in Our Play: The Case for Excellent Christian Athletics
Sit up straight. Be quiet. Don’t fuss. Stay out of that. Sit still. Move back over here. Don’t whine. I found myself in the midst of such a struggle with my three-year-old in church this past Sunday, where my darling daughter could be preoccupied with books and crayons for only so
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