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Mark 8:34-38 – Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will [...]

It is so easy to take what someone says and to twist it into what you want to hear. It is called selective hearing. People use it all the time. I read and article on cbsports.com and in that article, the author basically says that Tim Tebow believes that God wants him to be an [...]

Proverbs 4:23 “Above all else, guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.” Luke 6:45 “The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For out of the overflow of his [...]

2 Timothy 3:1-7 “But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of [...]

Proverbs 22:3 “A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.“ Proverbs 22:5-6 “In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them. Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old [...]

I must apologize if I ramble but there have been things that have been on my heart lately and writing them out helps me to learn and to grow. If you have read my blogs you know that I am a wife, mother AND a basketball coach. Right now it is basketball season, so a [...]

Luke 22:24-27 – Also a dispute arose among them as to which of them was considered to be greatest.  Jesus said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and those who exercise authority over them call themselves Benefactors. But you are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you [...]

It has been said that not all great players (even if they are leaders on the field) make great coaches.  Why is that?  Well most of all I feel that it has to do with the different roles that coaches and players (those who are leaders especially) play.  It also has to do with skill [...]

I recently taught on this topic not too long ago and thought it would make a good post too. I was teaching on Matthew 8: 18-27 and while I struggled to put the entire lesson together in one cohesive message, I found discipleship to be a beaming option. Here is somewhat how it went: Beginning [...]

Adversity. What do you think of when you hear that word?  Adversity is a noun.  It is defined as an adverse or unfortunate event or circumstance.   Have you ever been faced with an unfortunate event or circumstance? As a basketball coach and huge sports fan I can see it in just about every season or [...]