Back when Mark McGwire and Sammy Sooser were having their home run battle, I wandered into a baseball card shop. Hoping to pull McGwire’s rookie card, I purchased a pack of 1984 Topps for about 5 bucks. Well, to my surprise and horror, the stick of gum was still in […]
This has been written about for awhile now, but we finally have the video. Dreams last for so long Cleveland fans.
This has to be the most confusing commercial I’ve ever seen. It’s touchdowns and chocolate and paper clips? Paper clips? What in the world? I do have to admit that the chocolate part sounds pretty good. It’s flirting and tasting and curiosity. It’s music and sensation and touchdowns and chocolate. […]
My friend Bethany started a wrestling blog and had this video posted. With all the noise in the world today, here was one guy who actually made sense.
My friend referenced the song “Forever Young” in a Facebook update in memory of his deceased father yesterday. It is a tender song that is, for me, very magical. I don’t know if it is magical for everybody, or only those whose formative years were in the 80’s. If your formative years weren’t […]
Dear Friends of the Blog (FOTB), I’m going to be taking an extended break from blogging. I’m not sure when I’ll be back or which direction this blog will take. Thank you very much for all your time spent here.
Today marks twenty years to the day since the death of Hank Gathers. Still makes me sad. To an Athlete Dying Young by A. E. Housman (1859-1936) The time you won your town the race We chaired you through the market-place; Man and boy stood cheering by, And home we […]
As an adult, I once saw vacation Bible school kids raise their hands to indicate they wanted to follow Jesus. Their hands shot up as if they were being asked if they wanted to play dodgeball. Some of the kids raised their hands every night of Bible school. I remember […]
First off, I hope that your 2009 was better than mine and that your 2010 will be better than mine as well. I have to admit that I was a bit saddened to find out that the next decade doesn’t officially begin until 2011. I was really hoping for a […]
Is God stern and angry, or warm and kind? In a sense, He is both. He is a father who delights in His child, so He therefore disciplines His child with a rebuke (Proverbs 3:11-12). Another contemporary image is the oncologist. He is a cancer specialist who will do anything to destroy that which destroys. He will surgically cut away flesh; He will burn out cells through radiation; and He will poison them with chemotherapy. The treatment is, at times, brutal and appears cruel, but the result is profoundly life-changing and lovely. Discipline, though it often feels like a judgment that exiles and abandons us, is a labor of love that beautifies the heart through the disruptive touch of a severe mercy.
– Dan Allender, Bold Love
