One of my passions and something that is central to my vision of using football in the Czech Republic is providing free and/or gently used equipment to teams in the Czech American football league. Well, God has really blessed me by providing a father that has got behind this part of my vision [THANK YOU SO MUCH DAD, YOU ARE AN INSPIRATION TO ME]. Through my dad’s contacts we have given the team a new set of game pants, a few helmets, new facemasks, helmet decals, shoulder pads, a bunch of loose equipment and now a whole set of new home jerseys! Praise God!
I often say to my coach and my guys over there that we try to give to them not just because we want to see football get better or see them have safer equipment or see them look better, but so they would see God in this. After all God is the greatest giver of all!
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Archives for March 2006
a lesson from my hero
Many of my friends and those who encounter me know that I have been impacted and discipled from afar by the preaching and teaching of Mark Driscoll. Driscoll is a pastor and church-planter out in Seattle and in many ways the way he communicates and teaches is similar to the way I want to and also in ways that connect with my heart and mind. About a month or so ago Driscoll responded to a post by a Christian leader about a “hard†subject and Driscoll blasted him and another leader. I have to confess, I laughed at it and enjoyed it. One reason is because I totally disagreed with what this other leader was saying and, two, because I have a sarcastic demeanor that cuts people down. The ladder, and not the former, is the problem, because it’s not living a life congruent to the Gospel.
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lessons from dorothy
Today for our Monday curriculum at the Training Center here at Athletes in Action’s home office we read a chapter from Os Guinness’ book, “The Call.†I have yet to read the whole of this book, but the chapter, entitled “A Focused Life,†we read for our workshop on “Time Management and Time Famine†blew me away and has me wanting to buy the whole book (which I don’t need to buy another book at the time, but the temptation is there). The whole chapter floored me, but what really struck a cord with me were some quotes from Dorothy L. Sayers.
Here they are for you!
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jeremy camp and bethany dillon and some down time
Happy Thursday! Today I have had the day off and I took full advantage of it! I slept in and got to chill a bit, which has been a blessing! See the last 4 days have been our Athletes in Action Spring Break Urban Immersion in downtown Dayton! It consisted of working at the Life Enrichment Center (LEC) and also hearing some great talks. They put us to work at the LEC and it was a privilege to serve there and also reach out to those who are less fortunate than many of us.
Over the next couple of days as I process a ton of things that God has been teaching me I will be posting some reflections of race, the marginalized, how seeing God’s heart for the disenfranchised affects the way we see and live the Gospel, and lastly some reflections on challenging the status-quo of our day. I figured if I actually wrote this that I would be disciplined to actually get these thoughts up on the blog. But until then, I thought I would share some lyrics and thoughts from the Jeremy Camp and Bethany Dillon concert I got to check out last night.
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