SEVENTH PLACE — A CLASSIC
Claude Ponting, Pastor of Opportunity Presbyterian Church in Spokane, Washington, submitted the following classic story. Claude prefaces his remarks by observing, “I cannot testify to the historical accuracy of the event involved although I heard it told years ago under circumstances that lead me to believe that it was authentic. Whether fact or fiction it is still a tremendous illustration. This story was also submitted in a shorter version by Don Ashley, Pastor of the Glendora Friends Church in Glendora, California. Here it is in Claude Ponting’s longer version: Some years ago Columbia University had a great football coach by the name of Lou Little. One day Lou had a boy try out for the varsity team who wasn’t really very good. But Lou noticed that there was something unique about him — while he wasn’t nearly good enough to make the team he had such irrepresible spirit and contagious enthusiasm that Lou thought, “This boy would be a…
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