Along The Way (9/Feb./2006)

Thursday... I would very much appreciate your prayers today. I've set this day apart to tackle some important writing projects; there are a few Op/Ed articles on Marriage for Cornerstone Policy Research that I need to get out as well as work needed on my Pastor's Annual Report. Please pray that I can find and frame the right words, especially for the CPR articles. I really want to speak to the issue beyond the standard and anticipated Christian arguments.

News from the court... some have emailed and IM'd asking how the basketball went last night. There were no injuries. Shari and I both got to play along with a few other parents. The team (7-8 year old girls) had one of the coaches on their team defending their basket. He happens to be about 6'10". The first time I got the ball on the post I made a move to the hoop. Take that Shaquille! Shari caught it on tape - I'm beaming with pride! However, the next time (Becky takes great joy in reminding me that it was actually every subsequent time) I touched the ball, the giant in the paint stuffed me. We did have some fun though. I'm actually very impressed with how much the two coaches accomplished with these little girls over the couple of months they were together. It was a fun season. So this Saturday is their last game, with a chance to finish the season undefeated, and then a pizza party. I'll go to the party simply to ask other parents if they'd like to see the video of me "schooling" coach Dan. That's if ESPN hasn't bought the tape from me by then.