Skieologians: what Lloyd Christmas, the Bible, Mikaela Shiffrin and gambling can tell us about becoming a pro athlete

What does ‘Dumb and Dumber’ have to do with Matthew 25:14-30, gambling and Mikaela Shiffrin? Only a Skieologian sermon could make sense of that pop-culture potpourri. Let’s start with the faith-based stuff. Even if you aren’t religious, you can probably synthesize your own takeaway from Matthew’s 25th chapter.  The parable of the talents involves aContinueContinue reading “Skieologians: what Lloyd Christmas, the Bible, Mikaela Shiffrin and gambling can tell us about becoming a pro athlete”

For $50, you too can be a member of the U.S. Ski Team

A band director strutted down the high school hallway, inexplicably donning a bright blue U.S. Ski Team jacket.  “How many of those do you have, Sederquist?” the principal asked with a quizzical smile.  “More than I deserve,” I said, inadvertently, but appropriately, quoting Dave Ramsey. Ramsey after all, led me to buy the jacket inContinueContinue reading “For $50, you too can be a member of the U.S. Ski Team”