a few things to check out while you daydream about flossing your teeth with Mel Kiper Jr.’s hair…

+ Whether on the field or off of it, there’s a lot to appreciate about Jamie Moyer according to this piece at Guideposts.com.

+ Brad Lomenick, head honcho for the Catalyst Conferences, blogs about why the Masters is such a special tournament.

+ For $5 a week folks in the Decatur, Illinois area can attend Karate for Christ classes where they learn front snap kicks and lessons from Romans 10 from Sensei Billy Roberts. “We are to defend our body, the temple of God, from attack of another person who is bound by Satan to hurt us physically,” Roberts said. “Through our example of protecting the aggressor from committing a sin against us, with the same covering of the Holy Spirit, we can block through the attack.”

+ Tangle.com (formerly GodTube) announces new partnerships with some of the world’s most impactful ministries, sealing deals with and adding the Potter’s House/T.D. Jakes Enterprises, Focus on the Family and The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) to its list of continually growing ministry partners. The new ministry partners will join tangle’s current roster of influential organizations including: Samaritans Purse, Buckner International, Christian Living Magazine, Max Lucado and Women of Faith, among many others.

Over 800 people turned out on Friday to honor the man who started the Fellowship of Christian Athletes back in the mid-1950s.

Don McClanen, 83, was honored on the Eastern Oklahoma State College campus where he coached basketball and started the organization over fifty years ago.

On April 21, 1954, McClanen sent 19 letters to prominent sports figures across America regarding the idea of developing an organization which would provide an opportunity for those in athletics to speak for Christ as well as model wholesome principles, good character and clean living to the youth of the nation.

“I remember starting the letter by saying you don’t know who I am, but I am Don McClanen, the athletic director and head basketball coach of Eastern Oklahoma State College in Wilburton,” he had said earlier.

The Fellowship of Christian Athletes is recognized as the largest Christian sports organization in the nation. The second largest Christian Sports organization is Kurt Warner.

(With 27 official members, Prayers For Blowouts came in at #493)

(McAlester News)

a few straws for the aching back of your camel…

+ Pastor Mark Batterson performed a chapel service for the Jacksonville Jaguars last night. The Jags play the Redskins tonight in D.C.

+ Over at StuffChristiansLike.net, Jon offers up what he calls “The Greatest Exercise-Focused Bible Verse Ever”. It involves walking, running, and hang-gliding.

+ Here’s a quick note about a successful Fellowship of Christian Athletes outreach event in Italy.

+ We’ve got 8 people in our NFL Eliminator League as of this morning. Still looking for some more brave souls to test their football savvy against the country’s finest football minds. Click here to join our group (name: Prayers For Blowouts, password: “pfb”).

+ My son Parker has his first soccer practice yesterday. That’s him chugging down water during a break.