Former Alumni Dir.&Coach @PDS/Memphis & former coach @Briarcrest & ECS. Christian & fan of Bama-Tigers-Grizz-Dodgers-Titans-my Dad/Marine Corp.Ephesians 6:10
🚨 "I was a sinner, and I needed a Savior," MLB Legend Darryl Strawberry told me.
"Jesus is the way."
"All these other ways that we go, we find ourselves in darkness, and we find ourselves trying to fill the empty void... Christ is the only one that can fill that empty void."
"He has completed the task at the Cross of Calvary for every last one of us so we would experience abundant life."
"Jesus talks about it in John 14:6 - He says 'I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"
"He is trying to let us all know that He is the way for everything to set you free."
@SatAmericaFNC ⬇️
250 years ago, a bold idea changed the course of history. Today we celebrate the people, principles, and enduring promise of the United States of America.
Happy 4th of July from the White House. 🇺🇸
@williampatteson Loved Ja's game he was our super star- but hoping now he will get things straighten out in Portland.The off court behavior(which seems to have subsided) but also just staying healthy. A change was needed for both sides.
If you ask Him to, Jesus Christ will come into your heart and He’ll change you. He’ll forgive you and cleanse you of your sins. He will make you a new man or woman. #ThursdayThoughts
Today on June 18, President Trump will award the Medal of Honor to retired Recon Marine Major James Capers Jr. for his heroism during a 1967 ambush in Vietnam.
Major Capers was shot twice and suffered 17 shrapnel wounds and other injuries during the April 1967 ambush.
Not only did Capers lead his team to safety, but he twice tried to get out of the helicopter carrying the rest of his teammates so that it would be light enough to take off, and had to be pulled back inside by his men.
Major Capers is the first Black Marine to lead a reconnaissance company and to receive a battlefield commission.
The 1967 ambush began when hidden explosives detonated. Capers suffered shrapnel wounds to his abdomen and other parts of his body and a broken leg. Despite his wounds, he ordered a mortar strike on the team’s position to keep the enemy at bay.
Then, even after losing a significant amount of blood and being administered morphine, he led his team to a helicopter landing zone. When a helicopter landed, Capers refused to get on board unless the crew took the body of the team’s military working dog.
Capers was originally awarded the Bronze Star with “V” device for his heroism, which was upgraded to the Silver Star in 2010.
I don't pray for an easy life. I pray for the strength to handle a hard one.
God doesn't make us superhuman. He gives us the courage to keep walking when we are weak.
Hills I will die on as someone who has coached high school football for over 29 years:
1. If you are not PASSIONATE about blessing, serving, and empowering those you are blessed to coach, this profession is not for you.
2. As much as we need to know our trade, getting to know (and to love), our players is far more important.
3. This is an INTENSE game, and it’ll never be “just a game”, but it IS a game. Remember that when you’re with your team, and more importantly, remember that when you’re with your family.
4. Just as we teach our athletes to “leave things better than they found them”, we need to leave our athletes better than they were when they first entered into our program. Never let a day pass without pouring into each and every individual.
5. Life is complicated enough, let’s not complicate the game in such a way that we take the joy of it away from others. In other words… Keep it simple.
6. Our words carry little (or NO), value, if we don’t practice what we preach. WE as coaches should be learning and growing each and every day, just as we expect our athletes to.
7. As much as we all want to win those championship rings for our athletes, make sure you don’t lose your wedding ring in the process.
8. The athlete that may be “difficult to reach/teach” (the one who may get on your last nerve more than you could ever imagine), is someone’s EVERYTHING. Get to know them as human beings, find out what motivates them, and do everything you can to help them to thrive.
9. Be where your feet are. Don’t fall into the trap of chasing logos and thinking that a higher division, a bigger school, or going from HS to college, or even college to the pros, is going to be more rewarding or fulfilling.
10. The legacy you leave as a coach will never be determined by your wins and losses, but by the lives you were able to change for the better!
@nicksortor What's ironic and hypocritical is if this was Biden or Obama the media and the liberal leftist socialists would have no problem and think it was so great.
@CoachKurtHines During my interview years ago @Presbyterian Day School my headmaster the late Dr. Sumner said, "I don't worry what your record is in football but what I really care about at the end of the day is do you love &care for these boys? WOW-so great.
Hills I will die on as an elementary school teacher, who just wrapped up my 32nd year teaching!
1. If you are not PASSIONATE about blessing, serving, and empowering those you are blessed to teach, this profession is not for you.
2. Our students are not “ours”. They are their families, and we need to understand the magnitude of the calling, and responsibility we have to meet them where they are, and to help them to get to a place that they never thought possible.
3. As important as the curriculum is (and it IS important), the children in our classroom are what matter most. It’s our JOB to teach the curriculum to SERVE our students, NOT to use our students to push any sort of agenda.
4. Just as we teach our students to “leave things better than they found them”, we need to leave our students better than they were when they first entered into our classroom. Never let a day pass without pouring into each and every child.
5. We should not teach our children WHAT to think, but HOW to think, and how to use that knowledge to bless and serve not only themselves, but the world around them.
6. Our words carry little (or NO value), if we do not practice what we preach.
7. If we don’t make learning fun, children will view learning as a chore, and we we will be creating a generation of children who grow up to be young adults who don’t see the joy in learning new things.
8. The child that may be “difficult to reach/teach” (the one who may get on your last nerve more than you could ever imagine), is someone’s EVERYTHING. Get to know them as human beings, find out what motivates them, and do everything you can to help them to thrive.
9. Never tell a child they “can’t” do something. God has blessed each of them with far more strengths and talents than we may know, and it’s not our job to tell them what they can’t do, but to help them to realize all the things they CAN do.
10. The legacy you leave as a teacher will never be determined by your student’s test scores, but by the human beings you helped them become throughout their lives.