The day is almost here. The countdown is on. In two days, I will be running the third marathon of my life. On Saturday morning, February 28, Ben Vos and I will be running the 26.2 mile Cowtown Marathon in Fort Worth, Texas. We are ready to run. In fact, I have never felt physically [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Fort Worth Cowtown Marathon
Posted: February 26, 2009 in Friends, Life, People, SportsTags: Cowtown Marathon, Friends, Life, People, Running, Sports
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John 3:16 Hottest Google Search
Posted: February 25, 2009 in Faith, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, Spirituality, Sports, The BibleTags: Faith, Football, Google, Inspirational, John 3:16, Life, Ministry, People, Spirituality, Sports, The Bible, Tim Tebow
GOOGLE has the ability to know what specific search was the most searched phrase on any specific day. On January 8, 2009, “JOHN 3:16″ was the most searched phrase on Google. The next day, John 3:16 remained in the top ten. Why was the world so curious for that specific 48 hour span about the [...]
Slumdog Millionaire
Posted: February 24, 2009 in Family, Life, Movies, PeopleTags: Family, Life, Movies, People, Slumdog Millionaire
I need your help deciding something. As most of you know, I am economically responsible. Some might describe me as cheap, but I consider myself financially disciplined, cautious, and responsible. One of my financial statutes is that Heather and I don’t normally go out and see movies in the theater. The rationale is why pay for [...]
My Lunch with Jason Witten
Posted: February 23, 2009 in Faith, Food, Friends, Life, Ministry, People, Random, Spirituality, SportsTags: Faith, Food, Friends, I am Second, Jason Witten, Life, Ministry, Pei Wei, People, Random, Spirituality, Sports
Today I had lunch with Jason Witten. If I were being completely honest, I did not have a personal sit-down lunch with the Dallas Cowboys Pro Bowl Tight End. However, I did eat in the same Dallas-area Pei Wei with my great friend, Luke Norsworthy, at the same time with the former University of Tennessee [...]
Reed Is Going Home!!!
Posted: February 20, 2009 in Blogs, Faith, Friends, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, SpiritualityTags: Blogs, Faith, Friends, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, Prayer, Spirituality
If you are a consistent reader of this blog, then you are familiar with the story of Reed White. On November 12, 2008, Ryan and Keeley White, who are great friends of mine, had twin boys – Reed and Braden. During the pregnancy, they found out that one of the twins, Reed, had developed a [...]
Things To Do Before I Die List
Posted: February 19, 2009 in Family, Inspirational, Life, Movies, People, Sports, The Bible, TravelTags: Family, Goals, Inspirational, Life, Movies, People, Sports, The Bible, The Bucket List, Travel
In 2007, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman starred in the movie The Bucket List. Upon discovering terminal illnesses, the two main characters from this movie decide to make a list of things they wanted to do before they died. They cleverly entitled this list “The Bucket List”. Now I have had one of these lists [...]
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Challenge
Posted: February 18, 2009 in Culture, Faith, Family, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, Spirituality, Sports, The BibleTags: Culture, Faith, Family, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, Spirituality, Sports, Sports Illustrated, The Bible
My wife is awesome. I have subscribed to Sports Illustrated for years. As a subscriber to Sports Illustrated, the annual Swimsuit Edition (first published in 1964) gets sent to my house every February. Here’s the cool part… I have not seen one picture or one article from the Swimsuit Edition in years. Every year my [...]
Penn Says
Posted: February 17, 2009 in Culture, Faith, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, Spirituality, Technology, The BibleTags: Culture, Faith, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, Penn & Teller, People, Spirituality, Technology, The Bible
This powerful video is from the video podcast “Penn Says,” which features Penn Jillette, who is a comedian and illusionist in the popular duo Penn & Teller. In this video Penn describes an encounter he has with a guest after one of his performances. The guest gives a surprisingly wonderful gift to Penn during their [...]
Two Very Different Responses
Posted: February 16, 2009 in Books, Faith, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, Spirituality, The BibleTags: Books, Faith, Inspirational, Life, Ministry, People, Spirituality, The Bible, The Ministry of Nurture
The Bible… Contains 66 different books Has an Old Testament with 39 books Has a New Testament with 27 books There are 1,189 chapters in the Bible There are 31,173 verses in the Bible There are 807,361 words in the Bible Knowing all these interesting facts may make you a baller in Biblical Trivial Pursuit, but are [...]
Would You Rather…
Posted: February 12, 2009 in Culture, Life, People, Random, SportsTags: Culture, Life, People, Politics, Random, Sports
vs This morning I was listening to Mike and Mike in the Morning on ESPN Radio, and they discussed a great question. The question was thought-provoking enough that I would love to discuss and hear your answers. Here the question… WOULD YOU RATHER BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OR A SUPERSTAR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE? [...]
