Far, far better to examine a person’s character rather than how he looks physically. So what do we know of Jesus?

The foundation of our ‘living hope’ isn’t found in us. We can have no anticipation in any ‘living hope’ we create. It is only found in Jesus, and we simply have to trust in Him. He fulfills His promise: “For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

When playing with younger players and one of them says something like, “That’s tough luck,” after you make a ridiculously bad throw, be ready for that. In your best snarly and gravel-laden voice, say something like, “You think this is tough? Iwo Jima was tough.”

Everything sorta went south after that. All the way to Antarctica. You can’t get more south than that. For another year, my Olympic standing as the worst gift-giver ever remained intact. The silver lining, perhaps?