SEX, MONEY, & SPORTS!!!!
“If I can get a hold of a guy’s checkbook and sex-life, I can disciple him.”
“If I can get a hold of a guy’s checkbook and sex-life, I can disciple him.”
Sports is a place to earn my significance and self-worth and when this is threatened by a poor performance or losing, people lash out like a wounded animal…
In this blog, we try to point out examples of both, looking to the day where there were far more redeemed than broken examples. Here is one:
A couple of weeks ago, I witnessed the best football game I had ever seen – live.
I know this is not the case, but it seems almost as if we are sitting around dreaming up new ways to show the brokenness.
Last February, relations between the USA and Iran were worsening. The USA had existing sanctions against Iran. UN inspectors had found advanced centrifuges at one of Iran’s nuclear plants.
This list is from Tony Morgan and it’s geared toward churches in general. All the principles apply to a sports ministry though. A church website brings people to your church. If someone wants to find a church in your area, how are they going to find it? If your first answer is, “check the Yellow…
“Some of these injuries can unintentionally become very serious. So we want to make sure our children have fun, put are also protected,” said Kathleen Maloney, superintendent of Port Washington Schools.
We also want to call attention to the times that we see sports being redeemed. Wish I could say there were as many examples, but I can’t…..Either way, I look forward to seeing examples of redemption in and through sports. Here is one.
A recent trick play from El Camino High School in California is sparking a debate about trick plays. If you haven’t watched it – take a look.