Insights

We’re coming up on the 10th anniversary of one of the first times I realized just how special Logos Prep could be. At the end of the 2014-2015 school year, the Logos Prep baseball team (then competing in 3A!) had a magical run to the state title game.

However, as happens frequently with TAPPS, a scheduling issue arose. The state title game happened to be scheduled just a few hours before another big event: graduation.
A LOT of us made the trek to the field to cheer on the team and to ultimately be there to support them when the final score didn’t go our way. I won’t say they lost, because to paraphrase Michael Jordan, you don’t lose…you just run out of time. Another inning or two and Lubbock Christian would have been on the ropes, I have no doubt. But that wasn’t the amazing thing. Over the last decade we’ve won a lot of games, run out of time in a few more, and always had incredible support. No, the amazing thing was what followed.

Those boys showed up to graduation with heavy hearts, but you never would have known it. (I have a memory of them actually arriving and wearing their gowns over their baseball uniforms and silver medals, but I can’t find any photographic evidence.) They celebrated graduation, they lifted each other up, and they exemplified “excellent play” in an incredibly unique way.

See, excellent play cannot always be about winning. It must be about something more, something that transcends the scoreboard. Being a part of a community that cheers each other on, that celebrates “success” with a definition that goes beyond results, and that puts excellence as Christlikeness…that’s pretty amazing, a thing that sets us apart and therefore defines us as holy. I pray that as we head into summer you are all able to play hard and play well, whatever that may look like for your family. But more than that, I hope that play is excellent because Christ is glorified in every aspect of your lives!

Dr. Jason Henderson
Secondary Education Principal
Logos Preparatory Academy