August 15 is here. Five years have passed since Kabul fell and the United States withdrew from Afghanistan. For most people, this is another date on the calendar, another chapter in American history, another war to analyze, argue about, assign blame for and forget. Today does not register with most people I know. But for … Continue reading August 15th: What Remains…
Author: Jim Gant
Why Was American Football Invented?
It's Sunday. I can almost hear the game on.. There are games you play to pass the time. And then there are games designed to shape people. American football was created to do the latter. Long before billion-dollar television contracts, fantasy leagues and packed stadiums, football emerged in the late 1800s as a response to … Continue reading Why Was American Football Invented?
You good?
There are two words that have followed me out of war. They are not tactical. They are not complicated. They are not poetic. They are simply this: "You good?" That was it. No speeches. No counseling session. No motivational quote. Just two words thrown across a battlefield by one man who desperately needed to know … Continue reading You good?
BTL…Part II
In response to Chet's blog this AM...Live Hard. Love Harder...:) I do KNOW some people are born with an unusual capacity to lead. That's not arrogance. I think it's simply acknowledging reality. I've watched it since I was a little boy, as Chet mentioned. Before I ever knew what leadership really was - - - … Continue reading BTL…Part II
Thank you, Kitty…
Kitty, Thank you for the books! Leader Formation by Dr. Bill Lawrence has a special place in my head and heart. It has been as important as any book, except the Bible in my path to discipleship. It has had the same impact on my discipleship as Gates of Fire had on my path to … Continue reading Thank you, Kitty…
Slow down, please…?
The smartest and best man I have known jotted down some thoughts about hurry; I think they were posted in his kitchen when he died. “Hurry,” he wrote, “involves excessive haste or a state of urgency. It is associated with words such as hurl, hurdle, hurly-burly (meaning “uproar”), and hurricane.” He defined it as a … Continue reading Slow down, please…?
The Trial is the Trail
After a very, very long and hard night, I had an incredible practice with my builder. I had not slept all night and it was very late his time. There is a 12 hour time difference between us…BUT/AND we have never let that get in our way of practice. This writing is my writing from … Continue reading The Trial is the Trail
You Think You Know the Truth?
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.” – CS Lewis Hard practice with one of my teammates (clients), yesterday. Machine gun-fire, grenades and Improvised Explosive Devices all over the !@#$ing place. Damn. Damn. Damn. He and I have spent the last several months moving through some hard terrain. That … Continue reading You Think You Know the Truth?