coached me and darrius on an all-star team for the city of troy. darrius was sure a lot better ballplayer than i was, but they let me hang around. the thing that kept coming to mind and that i would see, you know, grant lived by example. he was not one of those coaches that hauler or had to yell. he lived that way. and that is what john robert lewis did. he was a man of action. he was a man of action. i was looking at something this week from his academic record, and the counselor had written at the bottom "appears shy, but verbally says he is going onto school to be somebody." i thought about that word "be" and how "be" is not only a linking for, but it is an action verb. and i thought about all the actions he had taken and the example that he had been, and the courage that it took to do those things. it was otherworldly courage, and i thought about john 14:27, when jesus says, "my peace i give to you, not as the world gives, let your heart not be troubled. do not be afraid." and anyone who knew john robert lewis knew that jesus christ was his lor