COACH MAHR's BLOG
Coach Mahr's Blog started May 2017 out of the desire to continue to share latest content that was being developed in his role as character coach. A simple expression will catch Coach’s ear and upon reflection and discernment the Holy Spirit gains a greater foothold in his consciousness and guides his words to create a woven thread.
A new blog is typically posted every 10 days.
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The Commercialization of Christmas
For many years I heard how wrong it is that the Christmas Season has become this huge marketing and business event where we have Santa’s everywhere, store […]
Lack of Margin Creates Stress
I recently had to attend an important meeting where I had not left myself enough time (margin) to deal with some traffic issues. Therefore, I was stressing […]
The “anti-Thanksgiving”
Thanksgiving has come and gone as a holiday with the craziness of the Christmas season now in full force upon us. However, we need to retain the […]
Being Thankful by Doing Thanks
Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. While my Dad was alive it was the one holiday that I had to be home for, no exceptions. I could miss […]
Form over Speed
This fall I spent a day hiking the Appalachian Trail in Maryland with my daughter Beth. Early in the hike we had a steep ascent on what […]
It is the ‘Why” not the “What” that Matters Most
This blog post is a sequel to the most recent one where I discussed ‘Being versus Doing”. Not too long ago, a big self-help activity was […]
Being versus Doing
Some people define themselves on who they are and their being, others define themselves on their accomplishments and their doing. As a high school football coach, I […]
Evil wins only the moment
We are in the aftermath of the Las Vegas shootings, still dealing with the pain and working to understand the ‘why’. We have been here before, too […]
Memories
This past weekend I attended the 35th reunion of my senior year’s college football team, then drove across the state to play golf with my brothers on […]
You Can’t Build on Broken
When we look at what’s wrong first, we start from a negative perspective, a negative mindset of what went awry, what expectations we didn’t meet, who caused […]
It is a Privilege
A new football coaching staff has arrived at my alma mater, Lafayette College, and with a new staff comes a new mindset, new ideas and a new […]
Kindness
I started this blog after hearing a talk by Dr. Barry Corey, President of Biola University, a private Evangelical Christian university located in La Mirada, CA. He […]
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