We are here to sharpen each other

August 22, 2016

“Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.” — Proverbs 27:17 School is here. Sports are here. Band is here. Cheerleading is here. It’s time. Homework, laughs, hard work and disappointment. Tears of joy and tears of heartache. Leaders and followers. Parents watching from the sidelines. Parents getting in their helicopters. One of my favorite bible verses is the one above. Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another. Where does one sharpen another? Classroom. Weight room. Any athletic venue. Band room. Chess team. Debate ...

Just get better

January 1, 2013

"It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling." - Proverbs 20:3We are not a content society.We want more faster.We want information within about 2.2 seconds.We want everything to be tied in a bow like an episode of NCIS, CSI or Cold Case.We want a Twitter update now.In seasons 10-13 at UCLA, basketball coach John Wooden went 64-39 and didn't go to the postseason.Now, those numbers get coaches fired because they made no postseason appearances.In his first three years ar Duke, Mike Krzyzewski went 38-47.If that happens now to a college basketball coach, ...

Krivak was a special human

January 1, 2013

I believe that everyone is special, but I also believe that some are more special than others.Every once in awhile someone enters our lives that is a cut above just being special. One of those someones is the late Joseph John Krivak, who died on Christmas Day at his home in Bowie, Md. His funeral was last Friday at Sacred Heart Church in Bowie.Mr. Krivak or Joe to those of us who knew him, was 77. He battled Leukemia.He is best known around these parts for the impact he made while teaching and coaching all sports at Madonna High School for eight years during the 1960s.However, Joe was an ...

My take on what should, could happen in 2013

January 2, 2013

Notre Dame wins the BCS Championship. San Francisco wins the Super Bowl. Some time between the U.S. Open and The Open Championship, Tiger Woods will part ways with his golf instructor and will finish his career going it alone. Rory McIlroy shoots 66 on Sunday to beat Tiger by one at Augusta National. Phil Mickelson shoots 62 on Sunday to finish two back. Jim Furyk eliminates some demons and wins the U.S. Open at Merion Golf Club. Adam Scott does the same and lifts the Claret Jug at Muirfield. Bubba Watson proves No. 1 was not a fluke by capturing No. 2, the PGA Championship at Oak Hill ...

Meek, humble go a long way; Wooden’s pyramid

January 21, 2013

"Judge not, that ye be not judged."For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again."And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?"Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?"Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye." - Matthew 7:1-5Meek and humble gets a lot done.Outside of ...

A good man gone

January 28, 2013

"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away." - James 4:14A family and the area lost a good man Saturday when John Retton passed away of an apparent heart attack at age 66.Continued prayers for the Retton family as they sift through every emotion possible this week.And, the prayers cannot stop there.They must continue because, like every family on this earth, the Retton family now has a new normal.His wife Patricia is without a husband of more than 46 years.Children are without a ...