Thursday, May 1, 2008

Met a Titan Today

As the previous post indicated, today was the ROI (Return on Integrity) lunch with David Thornton (Titans linebacker) as our guest speaker. You know how this can go if you bring in a "professional athlete" or some other "famous person" but you have never heard them speak or you have never spent time with them personally. You are just not sure how it will come off.

Well, I've got to tell you, I was very impressed with David and his openness about his relationship with Christ. You knew early in his presentation "this is going to be good"! He shared his story of his college experience ... which wasn't a lot of playing time at University of North Carolina. That is, until his 5th year! That's when he was all conference, etc. Now, that's perserverance. Then drafted in the 4th round by Indianapolis. And after a few years, coming to the Titans.

It was obvious Tony Dungy influenced him and his faith greatly during his time in Indy. David did say there were about 12 guys on the team that are holding each other accountable to read the Bible through in a year. Is that great or what!?

It was heartwarming to know some of these guys that are in a position of influence as a role models for so many young people are passionate about their faith and live it out loud every day.

Thanks David! [Like he is going to read my blog ... LOL]

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