Atlanta 1996 - Johnson wins the 200m final and breaks the world record

Olympic legend Michael Johnson, one of the greatest sprinters in track and field history, shocked the world when he returned one of his five gold medals. The medal came from the 4x400m relay, later tainted when teammate Antonio Pettigrew admitted to doping. Johnson, an outspoken critic of performance-enhancing drugs, said it wasn’t a hard choice—he didn’t want his name tied to cheating. He emphasized the U.S. team could have won with anyone clean, underscoring Pettigrew’s doping as unnecessary.

Before graduating and heading off to the Naval Academy, Jack had one last concert this week through the Bossier Parish Schools Talented Arts Program. It was awesome! He wrote this original song—and performed it with a band composed of other students in the program. They met and practiced together just one time before this performance! Amazing! Jack entitled this song “Satin Cloth”— a metaphor about the immeasurable value of life and the fulfillment that God offers us when we accept His grace and

Jack has been teaching guitar lessons for a long while now and leading the high school worship services at church, but Kelly and I seldom get to hear him perform these days. The other night we could barely overhear him practicing something soulful in his room on the other side of the house, and we begged him to come play a bit of it for us. He was reluctant, but the way to compel any action from a 16 yr old is to suggest you might just need to take his truck keys away. 😉 He doesn’t know I’m sha