Wednesday, September 9, 2026

In Transit Books

From August 2026
Cape Cod Baseball League: From College Stars to Big League Futures (Pages 291-339; Kindle)
Reclaiming Revival: Calling a Generation to Contend for Historic Awakening (Pages 39-40; Kindle)
Texas Schoolboy Football:  Champions in Action (Pages 77-91)
The Games Do Count:  America's Best and Brightest on the Power of Sports (Pages 158-170) - 326pp
The Negro Leagues’ 1931 Homestead Grays: The Color of Greatness (Location 2057-2790; 45 (15 pages); Kindle)
When A Man Loves A Woman:  Pursuing Her Heart (Pages 30-33) - 140pp
When She Was Ours:  A Novel (Pages vii, 1-3; Kindle)

From July 2026
Animal Farm (Pages v-xix) - 139pp
Is God Speaking To Me?:  How to Discern His Voice and Direction (Pages 17-32) - 60pp
Season's End: God's Game Plan, His Path, His Purpose (Pages 47-69) - 263pp

From June 2026
Daily Devotions for Die-Hard Fans:  Texas A&M Aggies (Pages 2-3) - 201pp
Fathers & Daughters (Pages 78-89) - 203pp
Sports Stories and the Bible (Pages 30-33) - 184pp
Way of the Cross: The Passion of Christ in the Americas (Pages 5-11) - 111pp

From May 2026
Winning Your Spiritual Battles (Pages 19-28) - 62pp
Winning:  It's How You Play The Game (Pages 28-51) - 176pp

From April 2026
Do Your Children Believe?:  Becoming Intentional About Your Family's Faith and Spiritual Legacy (54-62) - 208pp
Going The Distance:  Life's A Marathon, Not A Sprint (Pages 11-35) - 262pp
When the Kings Come Marching In: Isaiah and the New Jerusalem (Pages 17-25) - 131pp
You Know You're in Texas When...: 101 Quintessential Places, People, Events, Customs, Lingo, and Eats of the Lone Star State (Pages 65-68) - 101pp

From March 2026
Christian Jihad: Two Former Muslims Look at the Crusades and Killing in the Name of Christ (Pages 56-73) - 232pp
My Toughest Battle:  A Soldier's Lifelong Struggle with Polio (Pages vii-xii, 3-4) - 249pp
People Pleaser: Breaking Free from the Burden of Imaginary Expectations (Pages 23-34) - 204pp
The Barber, The Astronaut, And The Golf Ball (Pages xxi-xxiii, 1-26) - 174pp

From February 2026
A Man Who Told Us The Truth (Pages 30-37) - 158pp
From High Hill to the NFL:  The Story of Hugo Hollas (Pages 6-13) - 329pp
God's Final Call:  How The Book of Revelation Pulls Back The Veil On Current Events and Our Ultimate Future (Pages 90-91) - 178pp

From January 2026
Freedom to Shift: A Proven Path to Stop Trading Time, Start Creating Freedom, and Shape What's Next (Pages 70-95; Kindle)
Pure Gold: The Autobiography Of Coach Willie E. Goldsmith, Sr. (Pages xiii-xvii, 1-13) - 221pp
Triumph and Tragedy in Mudville: A Lifelong Passion for Baseball (Pages 143-147) - 342pp

From November 2025
10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America (Pages 1-7) - 262pp
Body Of Proof:  The 7 Best Reasons To Believe In The Resurrection Of Jesus -- And Why It Matters Today (Pages 11-25) - 161pp
Still Evangelical?:  Insiders Reconsider Political, Social, And Theological Meaning (Pages 1-5) - 199pp
The Space Between Us:  How Jesus Teaches Us to Live Together When Politics and Religion Pull Us Apart (Pages 88-106) - 247pp

From October 2025
Love in the Face of ISIS: Seven Prayer Strategies for the Crisis in the Middle East (Pages 36-49) - 134pp
Taming The Bull:  The John "Bull" Bramlett Story (Pages 23-35) -222pp

From September 2025
A History of the 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants (Pages 1213-2147 (69); 34 pages; Kindle)
It's A Conspiracy: The National Insecurity Council (Pages 165-169) - 251pp
Sox Bid Curse Farewell:  The 2004 Boston Red Sox (Location 810-1574 (66); 33 pages; Kindle)
Swimming for Freedom:  A True Story of Faith, Hope, and Victory (Pages 41-48) - 269pp
Texas Sports Writers:  The Wild and Wacky Years (Pages 20-45) - 257pp

From August 2025
A Texan Looks At Lyndon:  A Study in Illegitimate Power (Pages 178-183) - 254pp
Baseball Research Journal, Volume 53, Number 1, Spring 2024 (Pages 235-305; Kindle)
Citizenship for Sale: How Foreign Money Buys American Residency (Pages 32-59; Kindle)
Epistles of John: A New Testament Commentary (Pages 59-86; Kindle) - 118pp
My Final Word:  Holding Tight to the Issues that Matter Most (Pages 34-47) - 234pp
The Goal and the Glory: Christian Athletes Share Their Inspiring Stories (Pages 129-135; Eric Liddell) - 240pp

From July 2025
Abraham And His Sons (Pages 20-23; Cities of Sinners) - 91pp
Fail Better:  Why Baseball Matters (Pages 24-31) - 267pp
From Bytown to the Big Leagues: 150 Years of America’s Pastime in Canada’s Capital, Ottawa Baseball from 1865 to 2025 (629-1130 (48) - 24 pages; Kindle)
If Satan Can't Steal Your Joy...: He Can't Keep Your Goods (Pages 85-116; Kindle)
Leading Your Child to Jesus:  How Parents Can Talk With Their Kids About Faith (Pages 22-36) - 122pp
Maria Woodworth-Etter:  The Evangelist (Pages 2-9; Kindle)
The Rapture Exposed:  The Message of Hope In The Book of Revelation (Pages 11-33) - 210pp

From May 2025
Executive Summaries of the Bible (Pages 1-60; Kindle)
The Case Against Israel (Pages 1-10) - 194pp
The Hidden Language of Baseball: How Signs and Sign-Stealing Have Influenced the Course of Our National Pastime (Pages 1-9) - 218pp

From April 2025
A Compassionate Call To Counter Culture In A World Of Persecution (Pages v-vii, 1-19) - 42pp
First Freedom First:  A Citizens' Guide To Protecting Religious Liberty and the Separation of Church and State (Pages vii-xx) - 188pp
Maurice Clarett - My Life Story: Redemption - A Season of Thoughts (Pages 198-179) - 198pp
Paradise of God: Discover the Biblical Truth About Heaven and Unlock the Mystery of Life After Death (Pages 126-163; Kindle) - 255pp
Rejoice Always:  Practical Notes in the Book of Philippians (Pages 59-69) - 135pp
The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Most Terrifying Epidemic--and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World (Pages xv, 1-7) - 268pp

From February 2025
Barracoon: The Story of the Last "Black Cargo" (Pages 33-68; Kindle)

From January 2025
Big Play:  Barra on Football (Pages 15-26) - 281pp

From December 2024
Entering The Promised Land (Pages 72-82) - 149pp
The Temple of Jerusalem (Pages 11-12) - 107pp

From November 2024
1643 Days:  In A Federal Prison Camp (Pages iii-viii, 1-5) - 227pp
God at Ground Zero: How Good Overcame Evil, One Heart at a Time (Pages vii-xiv) - 208pp
People of Memorial Park:  Stories From Houston's Favorite Trail (Pages 88-96) - 162pp
unSpun: Finding Facts in a World of Disinformation (Page 36) - 188pp

From October 2024
Ascending the Ladder: 9 Biblical Lessons for Reaching Your Career Goals and Thriving at Work (Pages 9-40; Kindle)
Chronicle of a Small Town (Pages ix-x, 3-7) - 175pp
Fastpitch:  The Untold History of Softball and the Women Who Made The Game (Pages 64-72) - 289pp

From August 2024
And Then the End will Come: The Completion of the Great Commission and Nine other Clues That Jesus is Coming Soon (Pages 18-38) - 225pp
When The News Went Live:  Dallas 1963 (Pages vii-xvi) - 197pp

From July 2024
Know Your Bible (Pages 15-16) - 95pp
Not Some Random Clown:  A Youth Football Coaching Legend's Rise To Glory (Pages 2-44; Kindle) - 146pp
Sacred Smallness: Finding Kingdom Greatness in a Fruitful, Hidden Life (Pages 54-58; Kindle) - 210pp

From May 2024
The Greatest Game Ever Played (Pages 10-13) - 163pp
The Race Before Us:  A Journey of Running and Faith (Pages 9-23) - 210pp

From April 2024
Angels in the Realms of Heaven: The Reality of Angelic Ministry Today (Dancing with Angels) (Pages 19-20; Kindle)
Bat 6 (Pages 1-18 plus Author's Note) - 229pp
Hiroshima (Pages 1-9) - 153pp

Daily Reading Efforts - September 2026

9/30/2026
9/29/2026
9/28/2026
9/27/2026
9/26/2026
9/25/2026
9/24/2026
9/23/2026
9/22/2026
9/21/2026
9/20/2026
9/19/2026
9/18/2026
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9/16/2026
9/15/2026
9/14/2026
9/13/2026
9/12/2026
9/11/2026
9/10/2026

9/9/2026 (34 pages)
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 142-175) - 271pp

9/8/2026 (26 pages)
Playing With The Best:  One Man's Journey Through The Golden Age of Sports (Pages 32-43) - 203pp
William Marsh Rice and His Institute:  A Biographical Study (Pages 34-47) - 112pp

9/7/2026 (60 pages)
And Then the End will Come: The Completion of the Great Commission and Nine other Clues That Jesus is Coming Soon (Pages 204-214, 223, 225)
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 172-218) - 218pp

9/6/2026 (73 pages)
Playing With The Best:  One Man's Journey Through The Golden Age of Sports (Pages 2-31) - 203pp
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 149-171) - 218pp
Two Outs, So What!: The 2001 Seattle Mariners (Location 1490-2215   2232-2863; (40) 20 pages; Kindle)

9/5/2026 (32 pages)
Playing With The Best:  One Man's Journey Through The Golden Age of Sports (Pages ix-xi, 1) - 203pp
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 121-148) - 218pp

9/4/2026 (50 pages)
Magic in the Air: The Myth, the Mystery, and the Soul of the Slam Dunk (Pages 72-87) - 326pp
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 87-120) - 218pp

9/3/2026 (73 pages)
A Rock Between Two Rivers: The Fracturing of a Texas Family Ranch (Pages 1-53) - 187pp
The Perfect Season:  Why 1998 Was Baseball's Greatest Year (Pages 122-141) - 271pp

9/2/2026 (81 pages)
Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete (Pages 244-270
Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad (Pages 38-86) - 218pp
The Baseball Astrologer and Other Weird Tales (Pages 120-124) - 302pp

9/1/2026 (41 pages)
Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete (Pages 203-243) - 270pp

Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Books Bought at McKinney Half Price Books on 8/18/24 - 3 (Finished 2)

"When the News Went Live: Dallas 1963" by Bob Huffaker, Bill Mercer, George Phenix, Wes Wise ($2)

"And Then the End will Come: The Completion of the Great Commission and Nine other Clues That Jesus is Coming Soon" by Douglas Cobb ($2; Finished September 7, 2026)
"Dallas Public and Private:  Aspects of an American City" by Warren Leslie ($8.49; Finished November 6)

Books Bought at Waco Half Price Books Outlet on 4/12/25 - 25 (Finished 13)

"Audibles: My Life in Football" by Joe Montana and Bob Raissman
"Greatness: Reagan, Churchill, and the Making of Extraordinary Leaders" by Steven F. Hayward
"Historical Round Rock, Texas: Sesquicentennial 1854-2004" by Martin Ernest Parker
"On Boxing" by Joyce Carol Oates 
"On the Shoulders of Giants: My Journey Through the Harlem Renaissance" by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar with Raymond Obstfeld
"Over Forty: Feeling Great and Looking Good!" by George Blanda with Mickey Herskowitz
"Playing for a Winner: Remembering Coach Milton Jowers" by Vernon McDonald 
"Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy" by John Fund 
"The Making of a Winner: Robert Brewer, Quarterback, University of Texas" by Creath Davis
"The Masters: Golf, Money, and Power in Augusta, Georgia" by Curt Sampson
"Ten Men You Meet in the Huddle: Lessons From A Football Life" by Bill Curry 
"The Space Between Us: How Jesus Teaches Us to Live Together When Politics and Religion Pull Us Apart" by Sarah Bauer Anderson

"America, Oil, & the Islamic Mind: The Real Crisis Is the Gulf Between Our Ways of Thinking" by Michael Youssef (Finished May 8)
"Barbara Jordan: The Biography" by Austin Teutsch (Finished December 26)
"Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords for Success" by Mike Krzyzewski with Jamie K. Spatola (Finished September 3)
"Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II" by Charles Osgood (Finished April 27)
"Dying To Cross:  The Worst Immigrant Tragedy in American History" by Jorge Ramos (Finished April 15)
"Faucian Bargain: The Most Powerful and Dangerous Bureaucrat in American History" by Steve Deace and Todd Erzen (Finished April 28)
"Head Games: Life's Greatest Challenge" by Charles Austin (Finished April 28)
"I Found Someone to Play With: A Biography: Larry LeGrande, The Last Member of the Satchel Paige All-Stars" by M. M. Angelo and J. J. Angelo (Finished September 3)
"Michael and the Whiz Kids: A Story of Basketball, Race, and Suburbia in the 1960s" by John Christgau (Finished April 22, 2026)
"More Than a Season: Building a Championship Culture" by Dayton Moore with Matt Fulks (Finished May 30, 2026)
"Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball" by Harvey Frommer (Finished May 14)
"Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad" by Kinky Friedman (Finished September 7, 2026)
"Texas Women Who Dared to Be First" by Jean Flynn (Finished May 15)

$27.06 Fill-A-Bag ($25 plus $2.06 tax)

Books Read in 2026 - 76 (58 Regular / 18 Kindle / 0 Internet Archive)

"Kindle Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Kindle via Amazon Prime Reading
"Book" by Author (Finished January 1) - Location

"Tommy Bowman:  Answering The Call" by Chad S. Conine (Finished January 7) - Amazon.com
"Darkest Christmas: December 1942 and a World at War" by Peter Harmsen (Finished January 8) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports" by Cyd Ziegler (Finished January 12) - Amazon.com
"The Cost of Colors: A Coach's Story" by Ronnie Mitchem (Finished January 12) - Humble Half Price Books
"My Bat Boy Days: Lessons I Learned from the Boys of Summer" by Steve Garvey with Ken Gurnick and Candace Garvey (Finished January 14) - Humble Half Price Books

"Get in the Game: 8 Elements of Perseverance That Make the Difference" by Cal Ripken, Jr. with Donald T. Phillips (Finished January 15) - Oh Goodie A Book
"The Sacred Acre:  The Ed Thomas Story" by Mark Tabb with The Ed Thomas Family (Finished January 20) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Courtly Love:  A Profile of Coach Marsha Sharp" by Nancy Laine Price (Finished January 20) - Pearland Half Price Books
"Speak with No Fear:  Go from a nervous, nauseated, and sweaty speaker to an excited, energized, and passionate presenter" by Mike Acker (Finished January 21) - Amazon Prime
"Blinded by the Lights: Texas High School Football and the Myth of Integration" by Don E. Albrecht (Finished January 22) - Amazon.com

"Native American Major Leaguers" edited by Rob Daugherty and Bill Nowlin (Finished January 26) - Society for American Baseball Research
"Wards of the League:  The Untold Story of the First NFL Team in Dallas" by Mike Cobern (Finished February 2) - Amazon.com
"A Moment in Time: An American Story of Baseball, Heartbreak, and Grace" by Ralph Branca with David Ritz (Finished February 3) - Humble Half-Price Books
"Mornings with Madden:  My Radio Life with an American Legend" by Stan Bunger (Finished February 19) - Christmas Gift
"Henry Aaron" edited by Bill Nowlin and Glen Sparks (Finished February 22) - Society for American Baseball Research

"You Got To Have Wa" by Robert Whiting (Finished February 24) - Humble Half-Price Books
"The Astronaut Wives Club" by Lily Koppel (Finished March 5) - Personal Collection
"How to Win One Million Dollars and Shit Glitter" by Luke Stoffel (Finished March 10) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church" by Rachel Held Evans (Finished March 13) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books Outlet
"Concussion" by Jeanne Marie Laskas (Finished March 16) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"How to Kill a Witch: The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women" by Zoe Vendizotti & Claire Mitchell (Finished March 17) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"One More for the White Rat: The 1987 St. Louis Cardinals Chase the Pennant" by Doug Feldman (Finished March 24) - Amazon.com with $75 Gift Card from Work
"In Chocolate We Trust: The Hershey Company Town Unwrapped" by Peter Kurie (Finished March 25) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"Team of the Century: The Greatest High School Football Team in Texas" by Al Pickett (Finished March 25) - Humble Half Price Books
"Swerve Or Die: Life at My Speed in the First Family of NASCAR Racing" by Kyle Petty and Ellis Henican (Finished March 30) - Southlake Barnes & Noble

"Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda" by Jean Guerrero (Finished April 6) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Devaney:  One of America's great football coaches tells his own story" by Bob Devaney (and friends) (Finished April 12) - Pearland Half Price Books
"Michael And The Whiz Kids:  A Story of Basketball, Race and Suburbia in the 1960s" by John Christgau (Finished April 22) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"The Story of the Trinity: Controversy, Crisis, and the Creation of the Nicene Creed" by Bryan M. Litfin (Finished April 22) - Barnes & Noble
"1978:  Baseball & America In The Disco Era" by David Krell (Finished April 22) - Amazon.com with $75 Gift Card from Work

"Thin Ice: The Complete, Uncensored Story of Tonya Harding, America's Bad Girl of Ice Skating" by Frank Coffey and Joe Layden (Finished April 24) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"In the Great Quiet: A Novel" by Laura Vogt (Finished April 27) - Kindle via Amazon First Reads
"The Lost Book of Moses:  The Hunt For The World's Oldest Bible" by Chanan Tigay (Finished May 6) - Bedford Half-Price Books Outlet
"A Year at the Movies: One Man's Filmgoing Odyssey" by Kevin Murphy (Finished May 8) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water" by Daniel J. Boyne (Finished May 13) - Half Price Books Humble

"Play It Forward:  How Women Are Changing Sports To Change The World" edited by Leila Sales (Finished May 14) - Amazon.com
"The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church" by Sarah McCammon (Pages 266-270) - Barnes & Noble Conroe
"The Making Of A Winner:  Robert Brewer Quarterback University of Texas" by Creath Davis (Finished May 15) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Stories from Texas: Some of Them Are True" by W.F. Strong (Finished May 17) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books Outlet
"Billy Olson:  Reaching Higher" by Billy Olson with Carlton Stowers (Finished May 17) - Mansfield Half Price Books

"Strangers:  A Memoir Of Marriage" by Belle Burden (Finished May 22) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"Stealing Home: A Father, a Son, and the Road to the Perfect Game" by Ron Seybold (Finished May 26) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 1)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished May 26) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"Theology Simplified: Volume 2" by Bob Yandian (Finished May 26) - Kindle via BookBub and Amazon.com
"10 Lies & The Truth" by Robby Crihfield (Finished May 27) - Amazon.com

"More Than A Season:  Building A Championship Culture" by Dayton Moore and Matt Fulks (Finished May 30) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"The Journey: Walking the Road to Bethlehem" by Adam Hamilton (Finished June 2) - Houston Westheimer Half Price Books
"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 2)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished June 2) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World" by Admiral William H. McRaven (Finished June 8) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Lone Star Splash From The Past:  The History of Competitive Swimming in Black High Schools of Texas 1955-1967" by Thurman W. Robins, Ed.D (Finished June 8) - Murder by the Book

"Willie: The Game-Changing Story of the NHL's First Black Player" by Willie O'Ree with Michael McKinley (Finished June 9) - Barnes & Noble The Woodlands
"The Jonathan Effect:  Helping Kids and Schools Win the Battle Against Poverty" by Mike Tenbusch (Finished June 12) - Christianbook.com
"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 3)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished June 13) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"Summerall:  On And Off The Air" by Pat Summerall (Finished June 19) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Fear No Evil, True Stories of the Mighty Eight" by Charles D. Hamlin (Finished June 29) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 4)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished July 2) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"Chamique: On Family, Focus, and Basketball" by Chamique Holdsclaw with Jennifer Frey (Finished July 7) - Mansfield Half-Price Books
"Terrific Five Star Customer Service: Learning About Excellent Service From Special People" by Stan Toler & Keith Hawk (Finished July 12) - christianbook.com
"How To Be Like Mike:  Life Lessons About Basketball's Best" by Pat Williams with Michael Weinreb (Finished July 12) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"The Question That Never Goes Away: Finding Meaning in the Midst of Suffering" by Philip Yancey (Finished July 14) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"What Remains Of You" by Kimberly Hensle Lowrance (Finished July 25) - Kindle via Amazon First Reads
"No Retreat, No Surrender:  One American's Fight" by Tom DeLay with Stephen Mansfield (Finished July 27) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"When God Winks: How the Power of Coincidence Guides Your Life" by Squire Rushnell (Finished July 27) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"Playback" by Richard "Cactus" Pryor (Finished July 30) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet
"UNDEFEATED UNTIED UNSCORED UPON: The Perfect Season: The story of Pennsylvania's 1957 Cass Football Team" by Jim Droskinis (Finished July 31) - Amazon.com

"The Balance:  My Years Coaching Simone Biles" by Aimee Boorman with Steve Cooper (Finished August 7) - Amazon.com
"Turnstyle: The SABR Journal of Baseball Arts (Vol. 5)" edited by Joanne Hulbert and Jay Hurd (Finished August 11) - Kindle via Society for American Baseball Research
"The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot" by Naomi Wolf (Finished August 11) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"When Faith Is Forbidden: 40 Days on the Frontlines with Persecuted Christians" by Todd Nettleton (Finished August 13) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"Gods of Tin:  The Flying Years" by James Salter (Finished August 14) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet

"Arnold Palmer" by The Editors of Golf Digest Magazine (Finished August 18) - Waco Half-Price Books Outlet
"God Meant It For Good" by R.T. Kendall (Finished August 20) - Amazon.com
"Reload Love: Transforming Bullets to Beauty and Battlegrounds to Playgrounds" by Lenya Heitzig (Finished August 23) - Christianbook.com
"Forty Million Dollar Slaves: The Rise, Fall, and Redemption of the Black Athlete" by William C. Rhoden (Finished September 2) - Oh Goodie A Book
"Texas Hold 'Em: How I Was Born in a Manger, Died in the Saddle, and Came Back as a Horny Toad" by Kinky Friedman (Finished September 7) - Waco Half Price Books Outlet

"And Then the End will Come: The Completion of the Great Commission and Nine other Clues That Jesus is Coming Soon" by Douglas Cobb (Finished September 7) - McKinney Half Price Books

Miles and Miles - 8/25/26 to 9/24/26

August 25 - September 24 - 0.257 miles running - 16.313 miles walking - 19.21 miles walking (Apple Health) - 0 miles cycling (using 9 miles = 30 minutes) - 3,062 meters rowing (1 of 6 days) - 99 minutes elliptical (3 of 13 days) - 66,328 steps - 3 of 13 gym days
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August 25 (Tuesday:  Day 1) - 2 miles walking in Hannover Forest Subdivision - Fern Lacy 2-miler (31:12.96 // 15:36) - 0.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,584 steps
August 26 (Wednesday:  Day 2) - 2.313 miles walking at Knox Junior High Track (35:33.96 / 15:23) - 0.257 miles running at Knox Junior High Track (2:43.69 / 10:38) - 15:01 rowing for 3,062 meters (26 strokes/min.; 2:23/500m) - 0.33 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,941 steps
August 27 (Thursday:  Day 3) - 2 miles walking in Hannover Forest Subdivision - Fern Lacy 2-miler (31:26.79 // 15:43) - 0.4 miles walking (Apple Health) - 5,130 steps
August 28 (Friday:  Day 4) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 386 calories; 5,868 strides) - 1.1 miles walking (Apple Health) - 2,673 steps
August 29 (Saturday:  Day 5) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 393 calories; 6,018 strides) - 2.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 4,756 steps
August 30 (Sunday:  Day 6) - 3.2 miles walking (Apple Health) - 7,971 steps
August 31 (Monday:  Day 7) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 1:02:25.77 / 15:37 - 2.7 miles walking (Apple Health) - 13,954 steps
September 1 (Tuesday:  Day 8) - 0.24 miles walking (Apple Health) - 599 steps
September 2 (Wednesday, Day 9) - 0.44 miles walking (Apple Health) - 1,139 steps
September 3 (Thursday, Day 10) - 1.3 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,191 steps
September 4 (Friday, Day 11) - 1.6 miles walking (Apple Health) - 3,913 steps
September 5 (Saturday, Day 12) - 5 miles walking (Apple Health) - 11,477 steps
September 6 (Sunday, Day 13) - 33 minutes on Precor Elliptical (Weight Loss; 385 calories; 5,840 strides) - 2 miles walking in Hannover Forest Subdivision - Fern Lacy 2-miler (31:40.39 / 15:50)
September 7 (Monday, Day 14) - 4 miles walking along The Woodlands Waterway // 1:03:46.92 / 15:57

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Churches Attended and Visited in 2026 (32 of 35 weeks)

January 4 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
January 11 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
January 18 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Stephen Trammell)* - 1
January 25 - Houston's First Baptist Church cancelled in-person worship due to winter storm

February 1 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
February 8 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 2
February 15 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Leon Brooks III)* - 3
February 22 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

March 1 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)
March 8 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brandon Ayers)* - 4
March 15 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
March 22 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 5
March 29 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Greg Matte)

April 4 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - Saturday Easter Service (Greg Matte)* - 6
April 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 7
April 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

April 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Dr. John Piper)
April 26 - Attended Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - New LBS Class (Chad Chambers)

May 3 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 8
May 3 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
May 3 - Attended Houston's First Baptist Church The4 - New LBS Class (Chad Chambers)
May 10 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. service Online - Greg Matte)
May 17 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 9
May 24 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 10
May 31 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Ethan Schifelbein)* - 11 

June 7 -  Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Dr. Bill Blocker, President, College of Biblical Studies, Houston)* - 12
June 14 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (John Wethington, Senior Pastor, New Day Church, Houston)* - 13
June 21 -  Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Dr. O.S. Hawkins, Chancellor, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary)* - 14
June 28 - Absent (Watched Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. service Online - Daniel Ritchie, Southern Baptist Convention) - 15/25

July 5 - Attended Grand Oaks Church 9:30 a.m. (Kirk Godkin) - with Waverly for Mom and Dad's 60th wedding anniversary
July 12 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 16/27
July 19 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)
July 26 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church The4 (Brad Talbert)

August 2 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 17/30
August 9 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 18/31
August 16 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte)* - 19/32
August 23 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m. (Greg Matte) - Chapel* - 20/33
August 30 - Absent (Homeschool Football Classic) - Chapel* - 21/34 (7 - 16 - 21 = 44)

September 6 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 11 a.m.  (Brandon Ayers)* - 22/45
September 6 - Visited Houston's First Baptist Church 4 p.m.* - 23/46 (7 - 16 - 23 = 46)