“That INCOMPLETE chant really pisses you off!” said Chad Brown at our Denver Broncos Quarterback Club meeting today when asked what it was like to play the Broncos at Mile High Stadium as a visiting player. “The altitude gives the Broncos a big advantage, too,” Chad added. Yes, Chad Brown never played for the Broncos in his 15 year NFL …
Roger Teel has the gift of relating spiritual truths in easy to understand stories. In his first book, “This Life is Joy – Discovering the Spiritual Laws to Live More Powerfully, Lovingly, and Happily” Teel draws upon his over 40 years of ministry to relay his insights into living a fulfilled life. I have heard Roger Teel speak many times in …
“Whatever a team does good, we’ll take it away.” – Joe Collier Louie Wright shared that quote in front of a packed house at the Denver Broncos Quarterback Club meeting on Saturday. “Collier was an innovative defensive genius,” Wright said of his former defensive coordinator. Patriots coach Bill Belichick was an assistant under Collier for two years. “I see Belichick …
Legendary New York Yankees manager Billy Martin got his first managing job in Denver – taking over for the Triple A Denver Bears mid-season in 1968. The Bears had a record of 7 wins, 22 losses when Martin took the helm, and under Martin’s fiery leadership the team had a complete turn around, winning 66 games and losing 50 in …
As a 13 year old in 1969 I was fascinated with the adventures of the US Space Program. 50 years later, CNN’s new Apollo 11 documentary brings back all those memories and a realization of what an amazing accomplishment the first moon landing was.
(While I took a break from blogging here in 2018 I was still writing over on my sports blog. I decided to include some of my sports blog posts here, too, especially when I meet inspirational former athletes like Randy Gradishar who I write about below. – Tim)
I took a break from blogging for much of 2017 as I focused on my travel business (shared with my wife Anne) and other activities. In 2018 I intend to start blogging again (more book reviews to come). But this post is about travel: In my 15th year as a travel agent I enjoyed planning vacations for clients and doing …
I received a complementary copy of this book for review purposes. The opinions are completely my own based on my experience. “Words and affirmations can change your life,” writes David Lawrence Brown in his book 333 Keywords to Change Your Life. “Words that are positive in themselves or that elicit positive thoughts, memories, and experiences are important to add into …
I had been interested in the various conspiracy theories of the Kennedy assassination for a long time. Then in a trip to Dealey Plaza in 2013 I put those questions to rest, as I wrote about on this blog at the time. My interest was recently rekindled when I saw the cover of a new book by Alexandra Zapruder – …
“Is the Christian life centrally about believing, or is it about a relationship?” Marcus Borg writes in his book The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith. “Is it about believing in God as a supernatural being separate from the universe or about a relationship to the Spirit who is right here and all …