My friend Juta and I were riding the other day and the conversation turned to the TV schedule for the College World Series in Omaha. Juta said it reminded her of her dad, and I agreed. We reminisced about our fathers' influence on our love for the game. We are blessed to have those good memories.
In 1909 another lady felt moved to honor her father who had raised six children as a single dad after the death of her mother. She "pitched" the idea to local religious leaders and proposed the first Father's Day. Sonora Smart Dodd sat proudly at the Central Methodist Church in Spokane, Washington as the sermon honored her father and others.
This Father's Day, I hope you have memories to share of a father or father-figure in your life who has taught you to appreciate something and loved you while doing it. It is no accident that this year my daughter is celebrating with her dad at the Atlanta Braves baseball game and I am giving the pastoral prayer at the Methodist church.
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