The Seattle Mariners participated in the Seattle Pride Parade which included their mascot & a Palestine flag.
But yeah, Christian players writing Bible verses on their hats are the problem… 🙄
British man goes viral after realization about America,
“I’m sorry the media in our countries painted you this way. America is rich in culture, scenery, and amazing people. The narrative was false.”
Steven Spielberg saying his new movie Disclosure
Day will have Christians questioning their faith in God. I promise you Steven it will not. It will only reinforce my knowledge that demons are among us and that Jesus was right about everything.
Prayer is not just something you do flippantly before a meal or before an event
Prayer is a direct conversation with God, a chance to unburden yourself before him
Jesus prayed daily as a way to grow closer to the father
There is divine power in prayer
#NationalPrayerDay
I think we’ve lost the plot on youth basketball. It’s probably happening in other sports too, but basketball is the world I know.
Growing up, basketball was the neighborhood game. All you needed was a ball and a hoop. It was simple, accessible, and we’d play for hours without thinking twice about it.
I’d call myself a pretty good high school player. I started on a solid team and loved competing.
AAU wasn’t really part of the equation back then. I played in a few tournaments with friends, but everyone understood what it was. If you were elite, you played for Indiana Elite or Spiece. If you weren’t, you just kept hooping where you were. There wasn’t this pressure that you had to be in it.
Now it feels like the entire model has flipped. Kids from kindergarten through high school are paying thousands just to be on a team. And if you want to play, there’s always a team ready for you because there’s money to be made.
But it doesn’t stop there. Parents are paying $60/head every weekend just to watch. Some places are charging for parking. Tournaments are partnering with hotels and requiring teams to stay there just to participate. Then you show up and games are running an hour behind, officials are barely engaged, and someone’s parent is losing their mind over playing time.
Somewhere along the way, the focus shifted.
This isn’t about saying AAU is all bad. There are real positives. Kids get exposed to different competition, build friendships, and experience things they wouldn’t otherwise.
But it’s hard to ignore what it’s becoming.
For a lot of kids, this isn’t building a love for the game. It’s turning it into a transaction. A schedule. A bill.
And that’s the part that feels off.
It would just be nice if the kids were back at the center of it all.
Comparison is something I've had to fight hard.
And for a long time I didn't even realize what I was really doing. Every time I looked at someone else's life, their team, their title, their success, I was quietly telling God He made a mistake with mine.
But here's what I've learned: you cannot be grateful and comparing at the same time. I believe they cannot coexist.
So today I want to challenge you — stop auditing someone else's blessing. Your calling, your story, your design is not an accident. God doesn't make mistakes.
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Jaden Ivey on becoming a Christian:
“I’m not the same player I used to be. That’s why. I’m not the J.I. I used to be. The old J.I. is dead. I’m alive in Christ no matter what the basketball setting is.”
“I wish at [my player’s] age, I would’ve gone much deeper into a relationship with Jesus Christ… To me, the most important thing is to God with all my heart, soul, & mind.”
- Tennessee HC Rick Barnes
(via @TreyWallace)
NEW: Kentucky family rejects $26 million offer to convert part of their farm into a data center despite the offer being about 10 times the going rate for farmland in the area.
"If it's my way, I'll stay and hold and feed a nation. 26 million doesn't mean anything."
"As long as I'm on this land, as long as it's feeding me, as long as it's taking care of me, there's nothing that can destroy me if I've got this land."
Video: Local 12 WKRC
I was always angry, and I had a huge hole in my heart. Nothing made me happy. Then I got married to a God-fearing woman, and at home she would read the Bible every morning. After a while she said, "do you want me to read aloud to you?" So I sat down, and she started reading the Bible aloud to me, every morning. Eventually I said, "Well, let me read it," and so I started to read it aloud to her. And then it was like the Lord said to me "Chuck, it's time to come home. It's been long enough." And now my heart is filled up again.'
☩ Chuck Norris 1940-2026