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I'll spare you my ranting...but you did NOT want to be playing for one of my teams this past week...

unless you are playing for my English team...

 

 

changes at liberty u

 

Cynthia and I visited our alma mater, Liberty University,  this past weekend for Homecoming 2008.  Friday was a work day looking for some interns for summer 2009, but the rest of the weekend was spent reminiscing about old times, seeing old and changing friends and chasing our kids around the hotel room! WOW, what a great time we had.  The thing that was overwhelming to me was the visual change that has taken place since we left in 1995 (yes, I'm officially old.) Here are some of the noticeable changes that I observed:

• coats and ties were replaced with jeans and tee shirts
• tin sided building were replace with brick exteriors
• small was replaced with large
• 5,000 students were replaced with 11,000
• sports were replaced with REAL sports

Seriously, we actually had a good time at the football game with over 15,000 in attendance and a 42-0 shellacking of Charleston Southern.  And although there is no longer the guard shack to egg (was that me who did that?), it was great to see how much has changed at Liberty for the good. There were some things that haven't changes a bit.  Their focus and mission hasn't changed at all.  The students were just as kind and gracious as ever.  Their passion to send students into a world to make a difference for the kingdom is just as galvanized as it was in 1995!  Jerry Jr. and Jonathan are doing a great job carrying on the tradition of their dad while at the same time carrying Liberty U into a new day.  I'm proud to be an alumni.

manchester united: a rough start

I've always had a love of soccer (as it is know here in the U.S.) and American football.  Both sports start their seasons at about the same time each year.  Every Saturday, I'm torn between watching Fox Soccer Chanel and ESPN's Game Day.  FSC seems to win out most of the time. During the two years we lived in New York my love of this game grew.  I sort of adopted Manchester United as my favorite team partly because I knew that I had kin folk who lived near Manchester, England.  I guess an American adopting Man United is kind of like a European adopting the Dallas Cowboys.  Regardless of the reasons, I have become a HUGE Man United fan.  I even brought home a Man United t-shirt from my trip to the UK this past May.  I loved watching Man United win the UEFA Champion's League and the Premier League last year.

But we sure are off to a rough start in 2008-2009.  We were 1 win and 1 draw heading into today's important match against Liverpool and came out a 2-1 looser.  Manchester United are pros, and they'll probably end up winning the league again this year, but it's painful to see them off to such a lousy start. So, let's get back in it Devils!  I'll be watching next week after church for a VERY important match again their biggest rival, Chelsea!  "Glory, glory Man U!"