Jim Hamilton
Jim Hamilton
drinking home night
I was trying my best not to drink. I'd go a day or two, and I just couldn't stand it. It kinda got around that 'Hamilton got religion.' So for about a year, it was the most miserable time of my life because I was secretly still drinking. One night I came home, after about a year of this, and I woke up the next day and the desire was gone.
needed knows
I didn't know what I was doing, but I knew I needed God in my life.
knees praying christ
I ended up getting on my knees right there in my bedroom. I didn't have a tract that had, you know, 'here's how you pray to receive Christ' on it. I had never seen a tract in my life. I had never read a Bible.
very-good plans
My life and my plan wasn't very good, but at least it was my plan. It got to that point that I just couldn't stand it any more.
imagine knowing-god plans
I couldn't imagine, you know, God having a plan for my life. I thought I planned my life out.
running knows
I was running from God, but I didn't know I was running from God. I didn't know that.
brother dad father
My dad was a good man but an emotionally absent father, and so I had to look for that male attention somewhere else, and found it in a brother-in-law. He just happened to be an alcoholic.
memories mystery draws
Memory calls us back, Mystery draws us forward.
closer seconds
They have to get closer and they are 30 seconds off pace,
below valid
If you're below (40), the rationale is that you don't have a statistically valid number. But we are still accountable for students' growth.
defense extremely game hold needed proud stepped
I was extremely proud of the way we were able to hold MTCS at the end. We had those first game jitters, but our defense stepped up when we needed a big play.
approach critical design essential foundation information process section step understand
This is a critical step in the process of approach design because this information is essential to understand the foundation on which this section will be built.
We need to be more of a team,