Turkey, Pilgrims, Family, Football & Thanks

This year has really been full of change, turmoil and challenges for our nation, our state, our family and myself personally, but having said that it has also been a year of spiritual growth & blessing.

Our modern tradition of Thanksgiving has evolved from a harvest feast celebrated in the fields of Patuxet by the remaining 50 Puritan Separists (Pilgrims) and about 90 Wampanog men lead by Massasoit in 1621. About 100 Puritan Separists came to North America a year earlier aboard the Mayflower and started their Plymouth colony with a very unique document, the Mayflower Compact. Their first year was filled with hardship, death, change, turmoil and challenges and they still celebrate their harvest and gave thanks to God. A solid foundation for our current tradition.

As I look at my life in America I am so blessed and have so much to thank God for yet I consistently take Gods blessings for granted and more often than not I even think that I have earned the blessings I enjoy.

Praise God from whom all blessings flow!

Season of Discontent

In the course of talking with several Chrisitian coworkers, acquaintances and friends over the past 18 months there seems to be an all to common set of themes running through everyones lives; discontentment, change and fatigue. These themes appear in peoples personal lives, work lives and spiritiual lives. For those of us in Northwest Florida hurricane Ivan these themes seem to have been amplified since hurricane Ivan came for a visit. Part of me wonders if these themes seem worse than they really are since the majority of us have lived lives of relative safety, security and peace with turmoil only being generated when we make an unwise choice. I just do not know.

A Cold Wednesday Night

The GBHS girls soccer team played last night in Dolphin stadium against Pensacola HS. It was a pretty good match. GBHS won 5-1. The wind was fairly strong, about 19mph out of the North all night long, and I bet the wind chill was in the low 40's during the game. The girls pretty much moved the ball at will and Pensacola HS was chasing us the whole night.

One neat aspect on the game was the fact the the Pensacola HS coach, Mike Lagow, has coached between 15-20 of the girls from both teams over the past many years at Pensacola Futbol Club.

Timberwolf Classic Day 2

This morning GBHS played Niceville HS at 9:30am. Niceville HS is a 5A school who has given GBHS several sound defeats in the past 2 years. Our girls took the lead early in the game on a PK. Niceville scored about 5 minutes later. Niceville was able to put on more in the net leaving GBHS with a 2-1 loss.

At 1:00pm GBHS played Flagler HS. We jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead and put in 2 more before the end of the first half. No scoring in the second half left us with a 3-0 win.

So GBHS takes third place with a 2-1-0 record.

Timberwolf Classic

Gulf Breeze vs Chiles

Well, the Gulf Breeze girls varsity soccer team just finsihed beating Chiles 6-0 in their first game of the Timberlane Classic tournament. The girls played extreamly well. My niece Jesse scored a goal in both haves. Ashley & Amanda played well. Tomorrow we face either Niceville or Eastside.

Dolphins Win

The Gulf Breeze Dolphins girls varsity soccer team secured their second win tonight against Bay High School. Their 3-1 win takes them to 2-0-0 for the season. This weekend the teams heads for Tallahassee, Fl to play in the Chiles Tournament.

High School Soccer 2005/2006

Lady Dolphins win 3-1.
The Gulf Breeze Dolphins opened their 2005/2006 season against their district rival Washington High Saturday night with a very convincing win. The Lady Dolphins showed their strength by playing a very solid possession game. Amanda started as goalkeeper and Ashley as left fullback. Both played very well. This win bodes well for the season.

High School Soccer 2005/2006

Dolphins win 3-1.
The Gulf Breeze Dolphins opened their 2005/2006 season against their rival Washington High Saturday night.