Monday, January 28, 2008

What I Love About Upward

My son is participating in the Upward basketball program at our church. It is a terrific program, which focuses on teaching children skills, character, and God's Word all while playing a sport. After each game, there is a team meeting where the each player receives a star for what they did "best" in that particular game. So far, my son has received a defense star and an offense star. I figure the offense star would probably be the most coveted, right? Not so. This week on the way home, he said, "Man, I have just got to get that Christlike star! I've really been working on that one!" Gotta love it when your kiddo is striving to be Christlike, whether it's for a star or not. I'll take it.

2 comments:

Paula Puckett said...

That's wonderful!
I wish that had been MY goal when I played sports as a young girl. Let us know when he gets it.

Cyndi said...

We LOVED Upward. Such a great program!! And I love that your son is striving for that star. We all should be!