Month: October 2020

  • Football: The Final Drive

    Football: The Final Drive

    Below is a peak at the final chapter of my book about Football, Faith and Family. This is some of the last chapter that discusses the close to my career as a football coach. Enjoy and please go take a look on amazon or kindle it you want to see the other twenty four chapters.…

  • Football, Faith and Family- Life Lessons Learned in the Trenches

    Football, Faith and Family- Life Lessons Learned in the Trenches

    This is chapter one from my recent book Football, Faith and Family. Every chapter talks about a football moment in my playing or coaching career and has a life lesson attached at the end.

  • Americana: Spiders vs. Me- Bathroom Battles and Facing Fear

    Americana: Spiders vs. Me- Bathroom Battles and Facing Fear

    Today I am writing about an experience I had this morning in the bathroom as I was preparing for work. I assume that your bathrooms are equipped like ours with nothing to kill a spider with other than toilet paper. We don’t have a fly swatter, shoes, sticks, etc. to face those mean little creepy…

  • Faith: An Attitude of Gratitude

    Faith: An Attitude of Gratitude

    Gratitude is a word used to express how thankful we are for the actions of others and the blessings in our lives. Our attitude is a choice that we make on a daily basis. As humans we often fall short of having a good attitude and being grateful for the many blessings we have been…

  • Winning in Life Attitude

    Winning in Life Attitude

    Do you have a winning attitude about life. What is your definition of winning? That all depends on your personal views, background and experience with winning and losing. As a long time career football, wrestling and softball coach I have had to look at winning from two perspectives. One of those being actual W’s and…

  • Faith: Good Dog or Bad Dog

    Faith: Good Dog or Bad Dog

    A friend once told me that I could be either a good dog or a bad dog. I wasn’t quite sure what she meant by that, because I thought I was a good dog already. After talking with her about it, she went on to explain that I was going through a spiritual awakening of…

  • Faith: Meeting God’s Expectations

    Faith: Meeting God’s Expectations

    In times of non-conforming to God’s words, we find ourselves as Christians at a cross roads of sort. Today we examine standing for good and Godly principles in our lives.

  • Sports: Talk is Cheap, Action Speaks

    Sports: Talk is Cheap, Action Speaks

    Talk Is Cheap, Action Speaks During my coaching career I have heard many inspirational sayings from coaches before games, during meetings and at coaching clinics.  A few of my favorites that stuck with me are “Don’t talk about it, be about it”, “Talks cheap, action speaks” and “Don’t tell me, show me”.  I have said…

  • God Given Gifts and Talents

    God Given Gifts and Talents

    God Given Gifts and Talents The bible tells us that God awards gifts to everybody.  We are born with these talents. These gifts vary and are expandable by our actions and discipline to use them for his glory.  We can grow these talents and must appreciate them.  It takes courage and patience to multiply gifts…

  • Sports: Overcoming Fear of the Unknown

    Sports: Overcoming Fear of the Unknown

    Overcoming Fear of the Unknown As coaches we see seasons come and go.  Preparing for each season is a non-stop routine required to be successful and it always comes with the unknown of how will all that work pay off.  That fear of the unknown can be overwhelming and take you away from your routine. …

  • Faith: Sunday Go to Meeting Kind of Christian

    Faith: Sunday Go to Meeting Kind of Christian

    Sunday Go to Meeting Kind of Christian While doing my daily devotional and reading, I made some notes about the topic of the day.  The message was about being a Sunday Christian only.  As I made notes and pondered the information, it made me feel convicted because I am guilty of this at times in…

  • The Love of God Through Our Beliefs, Actions and Attitudes

    The Love of God Through Our Beliefs, Actions and Attitudes

    In today’s reading the message was about Paul and his faithful servanthood to God and people. Because of his beliefs he was criticized, beaten, imprisoned and left alone. Through all of these terrible actions, Paul remained faithful, obedient and determined to be successful at his goal. Not earthy goals, but heavenly goals built to reach…