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When Normal is Abnormal

I played football in high school–running back. I know, based on my impressive size, that’s probably not surprising. My twin brother, whose body is a mirror of mine, was a lineman. Needless to say, we two puny players didn’t strike a lot of fear in the hearts of our opponents.

One of my strongest memories of football is how hard practices were. Our coaches believed in running hard. If one player did anything wrong in practice, the entire team was called to the goal line and we had to run sprints. If, while running sprints, the coaches deemed that a player was not running all out, the entire team had to run more sprints.

And to make matters worse, while our coaches did believe in running they didn’t believe in rehydration. No drinking of water was allowed at practices. If you had to drink water something was wrong with you.Read More »Idle: The Greatest Gift You May Have Never Received (Matt. 11:28-30) Chris Altrock – February 21, 2016