Everyone knows I was so fortunate when I was in school to have had the best teachers on the planet, past, present and future.

The second week of January is a quieter place.

"The eye cannot say to the hand, 'I have no need of you,' nor again, the head to the feet, 'I have no need of you.'" 1 Corinthians 12:21

"If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus cleanses us from all sin." 1 John 1:7.

"For I was hungry and you gave me food." Matthew 25:35.

Nothing like a week with minimal (two to three games) of rec ball across Jackson County to regroup, revive, and get ready for the next round of sports.

"After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and people and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands."

There is a chilling efficiency to hate. It does not need to be taught—only permitted.

Football, volleyball and golf are winding down with most finishing up this month. Basketball is getting ready and anxiously awaiting their start time.