Forty-Six Years in the Making
Not since 1980.Forty-six long winters. Generations born, raised, and grown who had never seen Team USA men’s hockey strike Olympic gold. And then — yesterday morning — it happened. Overtime.1:41 on the clock.A puck kissed the net and history exploded. We were in full exultation mode when that final shot hit. The kind of joy…
And Let the Games Begin!
Cue the flags. Light the flame. Grab the popcorn. Though some of the games began on February 4th, the 2026 Winter Olympics officially opens today, February 6, and my heart is already racing faster than a downhill skier. From Milan to the peaks of Cortina d’Ampezzo, multiple cities in Italy will witness history as the…
The Blessings Keep Coming
Here we are — the day after Thanksgiving. The dishes were washed, the leftovers were stacked in the fridge and the cooks of America finally sat down for the first time in 48 hours. For some, today is the great exhale after pouring heart and soul into a feast of epic proportions. For others? It’s…
The Heart of a Champion
It’s easy to get swept away by the grandeur and sometimes, the controversy of the Olympics. Today, I am shifting my focus to the extraordinary dedication and effort of the athletes. They deserve the lights with their stories of perseverance, discipline, and triumph that deserve our applause and respect. The USA Men’s Gymnastics Team, whose…
Paris – the City of Lights
How fitting that Paris hosts the 2024 Summer Olympics. John 1:5 says, “The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.” As I watched the athletes, I saw that light shining brightly. The opening ceremony was a spectacle of monumental proportions, even as rain poured on athletes navigating the Seine River…
Shouldn’t We All Be Olympians?
I am an avid fan of the Olympics — the athletes’ sacrificial commitment to their sport, stories of discipline, reaching goals and dreams they worked long and hard for. It is a big deal to be an Olympian and achieve their dreams of competing, but to have the medal-winning glory is the reward for all…
Can’t You Feel It? The Feeling is Everywhere!
Those are some of the words to David Foster’s theme song of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. We were there and we felt it from our vantage point at the Opening and Closing Ceremonies where our daughter was a soloist and member of the Coca Cola World Chorus. Indeed we were inspired in…
Persistence Is Worth It
I still have Olympic “fever” as I think about the undaunted persistence of those athletes. They didn’t get to the Olympics because they felt like it. They made it to the Olympics by hours and months and years of training, rehearsing, taping up sore body parts, giving up many simple pleasures of time, food, and…
And Let the Games Begin
The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics competitions are already underway in curling, women’s ice hockey and freestyle skiing. And, if we want to see the Opening Ceremonies (the official start of the Games) we can get our ring-side seat in our homes this morning at 6 am (in China, it is 8 pm). This year’s Winter…
Absolutely BREATHTAKING
Breathtaking: beautiful, awesome, amazing, astonishing, heart-stirring, magnificent, thrilling, awe inspiring When it came to traveling, my husband and I lived with no regrets. In our younger years, when our budget could only afford weekend trips to nearby places and lakes, we thoroughly enjoyed time away with our children and we embraced God’s creation in the…