The Coach Who Never Stopped Calling
Every Thursday evening for eleven years, retired cross-country coach Dave Simmons of Flagstaff, Arizona, dialed the same six phone numbers. His former runners had scattered...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13.
Every Thursday evening for eleven years, retired cross-country coach Dave Simmons of Flagstaff, Arizona, dialed the same six phone numbers. His former runners had scattered — two in graduate school, one in the Marine Corps, one battling addiction in Phoenix, two raising young families. Dave had coached them through high school, watched them cross finish lines they never believed they could reach.…
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