Archive for 'Books'
The Radical Experiment
I recently finished reading Radical: Taking back your faith from the American Dream and was deeply challenged with the way I currently live my life. Quite honestly, it beat me up. It’s a challenging read, but an important read for anyone who takes following the Way of Jesus seriously. The challenge is for the Christian/Church [...]
Full StoryThe Role of Sports Ministry in the Local Church
After reading through the book, It: how churches and leaders can get it and keep it, I came across a chapter that challenged me to rethink the role of sports ministry in the local church. The author of It, pastor Craig Groeschel of Lifechurch.tv, points to a similar topic found in the book, Simple Church, [...]
Full StoryHow You Play Matters
This post is from a series of life lessons published in the “Be a Baller” booklet designed for players in a Baller Basketball league. With a win-at-all-costs mentality that has saturated all levels of sports competition, I proposed the following lesson. Does how you play the game of basketball, your character, matter? What should your [...]
Full StoryNew Book List
If you are like me, there were a few books on your wish list for Christmas. I don’t have any of the latest e-book readers yet, so I received the good-old fashioned hardcover/paperback editions. The following are new books on my list: 1. Forgotten God: Reversing Our Tragic Neglect of the Holy Spirit by Francis [...]
Full StoryNew Basketball Coaching Gig and Resources
I’ve had a growing desire to coach basketball for the last year or so. Here recently an opportunity presented itself to team up with a long time friend and former high school and college teammate as the assistant men’s varsity basketball coach, if it worked out with my work schedule. I have decided to take [...]
Full StoryDefining Success in Athletics
In the booklet, Be A Baller, John Wooden influenced many of its pages. The first life lesson is on the subject of defining success. How do you define success in athletics? What does success look like? John Wooden, 10-time NCAA Champion and one of the most influential persons in athletics and life, defines success as [...]
Full StoryBe a Baller // Life Lesson Booklet
For a recent Baller Basketball Camp in Redlands, CA, I created a booklet as a part of our player packages. The booklet was designed to encourage ballplayers to be the best they can be in athletics and life. The life lessons included a message from the basketball world as well as a comparable biblical concept. [...]
Full StorySneaker Wars // Adidas, Puma, and the Dassler Brothers
Chapter 4 in Swoosh: The Unauthorized Story of Nike, entitled Shoe Wars, introduces an intriguing account of the origins of Adidas and Puma. Rudolf, the oldest brother, and Adi were born into the Dassler family that would become one of the world’s most preeminent athletic shoemaking companies. During the economic struggle of World War I, [...]
Full StoryB21, Basketball Clip Board Apps, and the iPad
I stopped by an Apple Retail Store and finally got my hands on the iPad. I was also curious to see what this blog, www.baller21.com, looked like and its level of functionality. In short, the device lived up to the commercial hype and made for impressive browsing and a more comparable laptop/desktop experience than the [...]
Full StoryThe Unauthorized Story of Nike
In college, a book on the shelf of one of my Kinesiology professors caught my attention. That book was entitled, Swoosh: The Unauthorized Story of Nike and the Men Who Played There. What is intriguing about this book is that it was the first book about the inside story of Nike, Inc., told by it’s [...]
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