Comments on: For My Birthday

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 20:53:45 +0000

Happy belated birthday! I hope you got your wish.

By: Heather A

Heather A — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:44:04 +0000

Sorry this is a day late, but happy birthday! Hope you had a good one, despite the disappointing loss. Give my love to the rest of your family. I can’t wait to see them again in a few weeks! Love you!

By: Matt Dabbs

Matt Dabbs — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 13:22:53 +0000

That is a wonderful scene that is depicted in that story. Maybe people will start believing in the priesthood of all believers when those they see as priests start looking more normal, when congregants see the ministers with their own foibles and problems, etc. How do children learn healthy conflict resolution? By seeing their parents model conflict in a healthy way in front of them. How are members to see that being part of ministry is not a strange thing to do if the ministers seem so distant?

By the way, Happy birthday!

By: TCS

TCS — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 03:11:57 +0000

Happy, Happy Birthday!

By: Keith Brenton

Keith Brenton — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:34:34 +0000

Thanks from me, too, for the excerpt from the “baptism” scene. Happy 51!

(Though of course you know it means you have just COMPLETED your 51st year ….)

By: qb

qb — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:13:01 +0000

What a bummer. The only consolation I can come up with - and it’s lame-O - is this: of all of the people and teams that played sports today, roughly half of them were on the losing end.

Still, it was fun living vicariously through Abilene South for a week or two. If this was indeed your last chance to coach Chris in baseball, the bittersweet of it all is palpable to this daddy-coach, too. I hate milestones like that, but they come more and more frequently with every passing season.

By: Schu

Schu — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:04:41 +0000

Mike-

I have forgotten - is the last time that you will coach a team of Chris’s?

If so, I am assuming that you are getting fit for sackclothes to wear for a few days - what a tough way to go out, but how great that it lasted this long. I am father of two young boys and your stories of coaching your son’s team have me pretty exicted and hoping that things fall in place where I get to experience the same.

Sounds like it was a great game.

By: mike

mike — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:54:22 +0000

We lost 4-3. What a game. Chris pitched through the 5th inning, allowing 2 runs. Then he got close to his pitch limit. We were so close at the end — but it stopped suddenly with a close (I’m being generous here) call at first. Our catcher was out with an injury and everyone got moved around, but did great. What a wonderful bunch of kids. Good luck to Laredo Del Mar at the SW regionals in CO!

By: karen

karen — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:29:50 +0000

happy birthday, mike! hope all your wishes are granted.

By: Keith

Keith — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:02:37 +0000

Happy Birthday Gramps. Coaching Little League has an exciting mystique about it that keeps us young. Best of luck in the tournament. Colorado or bust. Please be careful if you’re coaching in the first baseman’s box; or anywhere really…

By: paul

paul — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:31:57 +0000

Happy Birthday Mike! I was in Abilene last night and this morning. I drove right by Highland and almost stopped to see you. I wanted to say hi. I didn’t even think about it being your birthday. Celebrate big time, have some guacamole or something!

By: Brad

Brad — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:20:45 +0000

51 huh? Aren’t you pretty close to getting food cheaper at restaurants?

Try to have a happy birthday anyway.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:59:09 +0000

Happy birthday Mike. Thanks for telling us about the book. I’ll get a copy soon. And here’s my hope that the next stop is Grand Junction!

By: Quiara

Quiara — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 14:43:56 +0000

Have a very happy birthday.

I appreciate what you do and who you are, but I hope there are times when you get wet just like everyone else.

By: julie

julie — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:58:25 +0000

Mike, some true confession and an apology. Sorry for my sarcasm yesterday. I think that you know that I am not usually like that but there are moments that I type what comes first and that is not always wise.
True confession: Diane and I have talked about this. You have been my friend for a long time and you have talked and prayed me through some difficult situation and I can have deep conversation with you online…blog or email…but when we talk face to face I get tongue-tied and unsure of myself. I hold you up too high and that gets in the way of conversation. Diane and I talked about it and she was surprised. Diane and I can talk about anything and I love it. Maybe I just need to throw you in someone’s pool and talk afterwards… I don’t want you to feel set up on a pedastal and not be able to experience being a part of things.
Happy, happy birthday!!! And tell Chris that we are hoping for more wins.