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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Green-to-Tee
Most golfers, myself included, look to hit the biggest shot every time. When we step up to the tee, we pull out a driver. We whack the […]
Labels or Love?
Today’s world is full of labels with the intent to clash one side against another. Everyone needs to be pigeonholed into a box so we can create […]
Come to Balance
When we first taught tackling to high school football players we started off using the phrase “break down” as the expression for the player to get […]
Discipline is Not a Bad Word
We have a sign in the football locker room, “Discipline is not what we do to you, it is what we do for you”. As a high […]
Don’t Follow; Join
“To follow” – go or come after (a person or thing proceeding ahead); to accept as a guide or leader; accept the authority of or give allegiance […]
Do your part
When someone says “have a nice day” or my wife tells me “safe travels”, over the years my answer has become “I’ll do my part” which can […]
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
“If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?” ― Rumi A mirror needs polished to be clear and reflect the proper image, […]
Unity
The concept of Unity came forefront in my mind while listening to a sermon at a wedding. This was one of the better wedding sermons I have […]
“All-in for All-of-It and with All-of-Us”
I recently came upon a noteworthy story around team building from of all sources, Bruce Springsteen. It seems that back in the early 1970’s when Bruce was […]
Take Smaller Steps
My wife, Vicki, and I had talked about taking dance lessons for well over twenty years. I even added it to my bucket list. This winter I […]
Leave a Legacy
We choose ‘leaving a legacy’ as our final topic of the season for the Character Session we do before every football game and once again the various parts […]
God Wanted to Play DB
The most revealing statement I made during college about my faith was soon after the football season in the fall of 1981. That fall, no one in […]
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