A Kentucky Baptist pastor describes his family’s life as “full throttle” these days. That’s understandable since Bryan Grigg pastors Macedonia Baptist Church in Lyon County, Kentucky, while also serving as an assistant basketball coach at Christian Fellowship School where five of the Grigg children play varsity basketball.
“We do basketball nearly every day,” said Grigg. “It’s an unusual time when we are not going to basketball practice or to a game. But it is fun.”
For Bryan and his wife, Krista, the basketball experience “has been good and we’ve enjoyed it. We wouldn’t trade it for anything.”
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Grigg, who played basketball at the high school and college level, says the sport “has been in our blood a little bit,” and said having an older brother (Luke) who played has been helpful. He said the senior twins “have been playing together since they were knee-high, starting in Upward Basketball.
“We are building into the family a tradition of playing hard,” Bryan said. “My three rules are honor God, honor God, play hard. You can always play hard. Thankfully after every game opposing coaches will say our team plays so hard.”
He adds that basketball “has a lot of life lessons that apply to the Christian life, such as perseverance. We’ve had a lot of tough years at the school, which has 75 students. We play against schools like Marshall County (1,200 students). They are in our district, so it is David vs. Goliath.”
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Chip Hutcheson and originally published by Kentucky Today.
