Proud Dad

Atlanta- March 1,2006 - The National Society of High School Students(NSHSS) today announced that Christian Academy of America student Katie Franklin has been selected for membership. The Society recognizes top scholars in the nation and invites only those who have acheived superior academic excellence. The announcement was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, Senior member of the Nobel Prize family.
Katie was also selected to be part of the 2006 class of Who's Who Among American High School Students. This is her second consecutive year to recieve this honor.
She also has a cool hat!
Oh yeah, did I happen to mention that's my daughter! Way to go girl. You are awesome! I quess you just take after your old Dad.
(at least when it come to hats, that is)

God's Team?

This weekend the church that I pastor had a golf tournament.
We had a great turnout and I think I can say with confidence that everyone who participated had a great time. It was a great way for our men to get to know each other a little better and to make new friends. Despite the fact that I was royally duped into teeing off with an exploding golf ball by a large number of co-conspirators that I formally called “friends,” I was truly blessed by the whole experience. The fact that my team won the tournament also helped to ease the pain of my humiliation. (Guys, I told you that God has a way of evening things out)
Now I will be the first one to tell you that I am not a very good golfer. In fact the thought has crossed my mind that God might have actually created the game of golf for the specific reason of keeping me humble. If that is true, His plan has worked superbly. Having said that you may wonder how I ended up on the winning team. It is simple, I was a winner because I was part of a winning “team.” You see we had four man teams and the format of the tournament was “best ball." That means that on each hole every man would hit a shot and then we as team would choose the best shot and then we would all play from there. So, if just one of us could hit a good shot it would save the whole team. Time and time again someone on our team would come through in the clutch.
We really didn’t have a “great golfer” on our team, just four average guys pulling together and doing their best. When we needed a good drive some one would deliver. When we need to sink a long putt someone would step up. When someone would hit a good shot we all rejoiced. When someone flubbed one we consoled them. It didn’t matter who got the glory, it was all about the team.
On a beautiful Saturday morning four ordinary guys with different skill levels from varying backgrounds laid aside all their differences, egos and personality quirks and for a few hours became a team and they got the victory.
Wouldn’t it be nice if all Christians could do the same thing on Sunday morning.