If you’ve been around sports much, you know the intoxication of it–the joy, the fame, the self-worth it can bring. Most people I’ve seen who participate in sports recreationally (whether it be as a participant or a volunteer) still wrap up part of their identity in sports…
“Be still and know that I am God,” is a simple verse, and one that is so applicable to our busy lives. Whether you’re in sports ministry or whatever line of work you are in, the first answer you get from most people when you ask how they are doing is, “Busy!”…
Check out this inspiring video. Makes me think twice about the “complaints” I hear from parents, coaches, and players (not to mention my own complaints)…
I came across the below worldview chart recently and found it incredibly helpful in thinking through not only how others view the world but how a gospel-centered lens views the world…
For all of us who feel ill-equipped to engage with non-believers, here’s a reason not to feel that way: Put your trust in what God can do through you not what you can do by yourself.
If the sports program we’re operating feels disconnected from the church, the church body is missing out and perhaps the mission needs a revamp…
If you still believe discipleship is a weekly church program just for professionals, you might believe one of the 6 Red Flags in Discipleship below.
When you see lost people, do you have compassion? Do you see them as harassed and helpless? Do you see them as aimlessly wandering, like sheep without shepherd? I’ll admit that often I don’t see people this way…
When can you see countries from all over the globe coming together for something that isn’t war related? A couple things come to my mind. One is something that just got over not too long ago, World Cup Soccer…
In Sports Ministry there are countless opportunities for us to make decisions concerning our “flock”. As the “pastor” of this sports ministry, I am leading the people that God has entrusted to me. How often, as sports pastors, do we make decisions, big or small, without falling on our face before the Lord?