CWS

Two years ago, went back to the cws for the first time in like 6 years, I love it, watching the OSU tonight and also watching the other games with Irvine I quickly remember why I love the game of baseball, and why I love college sports, these guys love the game, and they make the game fun to watch, I watched a triple A game this weekend and there was no emoition and it didn't seam like a team. I am a fan of the game.

When is it time to give up?

I sit at my computer this morning trying to figure out how best do I write what I am thinking. Maybe I am not really sure, but lately I have become more and more dispondent with the church that I have been attending over the past 7 years, truly it is because I am not sure I am 100 percent on board with the direction things are going their. At first I was somewhat concerned with my feelings because I wasn't sure I should feel this way. However after talking with some of my friends I am beginning to find out many of them are feeling the same way. It's hard because so many of my fondest memories of my christian life were thru something at this church, and change is always difficult.

The biggest thing I have trouble with is when I first started attending this church people went there because the wanted to worship God, and hear Christ's word preached, and I generally felt that when I walked out of that place on sundays. Now some sundays I find myself figuring out what I should do in the mornings, I don't feel bad if I miss a sunday or two because of a softball game. I hate feeling that way. So I return to my question in the title.

8 Seconds

This is a shot of me and Jebe, Jebe is the mule if you were wondering. This is the closest I have come to being in a rodeo, rode him for about 3 secs, wanted another shot but my buddy almost killed himself on Jebe so we thought better of doing it again. This is out in Wyoming, one of the best trips I have been on. I love the open outdoors where no one is around, all of God's majesty.

My First Blog

So anyways I just spent 20 min. typing a intro and erased it, so I already hate my blog, but because I love anyone that is reading it, i will type a shorter version of it. What do I hope to accomplish with by blog, well I guess I always admired doogie howser for having a computer diary, and I don't have word on my computer, blogs are free so i figured this was easier. I guess I also just felt like i have ramdom things to say, and felt like a blog would be fun to have.

About me, i am a phys. ed teacher at a school in Waterloo, Iowa, the one thing i can truly say about my job is I love the kids that go to my school. I may want to pull my hair out somedays because they make me mad, but there is just something about the way the look when you show them some love. Many of my kids come from broken homes, and school is the safest enviorment they have, so I just give them some love and teach them the finer points of dodgeball, and floor hockey.

I coach baseball and wrestling, and in my spare time I love playing slow-pitch softball. Some may say i play to much, and i think the jury is still out on that. I truly try and use my time at the softball diamonds as ministry time, it is quite hard because I do get caught up in the moment at times, and may say things that don't refelect my goal when I am out there, but i feel like God is really working on my heart while I am out there. I will say this in the 9 years I have been playing softball, I have changed dramtically, and I feel like god can use my love of christ and sofball for good.

So I will use this blog to basically post about life, cause I guess that is what you are supposed to do, I love jesus and I am sure that I will talk alot about him, I am always trying to learn more about him, and what others view of Christ is so feel free to share with me what you think, I am always up for seeing the perspective of christians, and non- christians, so i may not agree with what you are saying I am sure I can learn something from it.

Later