Day of Praise

We, May 1, 32nd Day of Easter, "Day of Praise"

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12

Ok, I admit it. I'm about to do The Daddy Thing.

But, amongst our Day of Praise Family, we can find at least a few other men who totally understand "The Daddy Thing."

Art Bossler, in the Poconos, does The Daddy Thing (TDT) for his kids and grandkids everyday.

Charles Davis, who works for FOX Sports around the country, does TDT by supporting his daughter even though she goes to a rival university from the days that Charles and I were in college.

Kris Dunn does TDT here in Birmingham by coaching multiple teams for his two boys in basketball and baseball seasons.

Scott Elliott does TDT here in Birmingham as he just started a new job with odd hours so he can keep loving his wife and his little girl.

So before I make a closing comment, I want to do "The Daddy Thing" by asking you to view my son and his friends on their basketball trick shot video at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXMqT4wQc9A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Yep, The Daddy Thing is a tradition that my Dad did for us four kids and many other dads have passed along.

Of course, we don't just do TDT for our own kids. Last night, I did TDT as my kids and I had pizza with three additional kids just to celebrate KId-dom.

And in the end, we do The Daddy Thing because it maximizes the possibility that kids will do The Kid Thing as in our verse today!

"Don't let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." - 1 Timothy 4:12

Praise God!


Pastor Chris
"The gospel is the story of Jesus [what God's only Son has done for us that we can't do for ourselves], spoken as a promise." - Robert Jenson