One of my avocations is coaching a homeschool girls varsity basketball team. It is a fun break from my regular responsibilities and gives me an opportunity to invest in the rising generation in ways that I would not otherwise have. I have written about some of my experiences and…
Today is the first practice for the Lee County Home School Lady Ambassadors varsity and jr. varsity basketball teams. It will be my 15th season of coaching them. I have written elsewhere about how I got involved as a volunteer coach for girls’ basketball. It’s a rather comical story…
The last few weeks have been unusually busy times for me but this time of year typically brings extra responsibilities to my schedule due to our family’s involvement with homeschool basketball. When I grew up sports became a god to me. I enjoyed playing, but unfortunately my love for…
With a tenacious defense and a fast break that would not quit, the Lady A’s took another step toward the FCAA state championship in basketball. The championship game is scheduled for 3:30 pm today. Since we will traveling home after the game, I may not be able to post…
For the next three days I plan to be in Haines City, Florida for the 2006 Florida Christian Activities Association state basketball tournament. For the last 9 years I have had the privilege of coaching the Lee County Home School’s girls varsity team. We are allowed to compete in…
I graduated from Texas A&M in 1979 and enjoy returning to the campus whenever I can. At a university that takes its traditions seriously I am always fascinated by the changes. One “new” (to me) tradition is an on campus student Bible study called Breakaway. It began as a small group Bible…
This week marks the end of my career. Not the end of my pastoral ministry or of my work in other gospel endeavors, but the end of my coaching “career.” Seventeen of the last 20 years have found me spending most of my November–March Tuesday and Thursday afternoons coaching the…
I have spent 13 of the last 16 years coaching a girls’ basketball team. As the father of 5 girls (and 1 son) I supposed I should have seen it coming, but the way that I got into it caught me completely by surprise. Not long after taking my…
The Lady Ambassadors lost the championship game rather decisively. We were tied until 5 seconds after the opening tip. Our opponents were simply superior to us. They were older, stronger, more experienced, better players with better coaches. The final score was 71-23. It was a great opportunity for us…
