I might say this to someone I think has too high an opinion of themselves or their abilities. “Get a grip” would be my reminder that they aren’t or can’t. My exhortation would be a call to come back to reality. Someone else might use it for someone who seems to be lost in fear…
Two years ago one of our team members Ken Cross did a survey of existing sports chaplains, he asked them one simple question? What is your biggest challenge? The answers came back consistently time and time again – isolation and finance. Chaplains reported to be often misunderstood in their churches, the congregation not having a…
We are very excited about the future God has for us at CEDE Partners. In the light of that excitement, we have designed a new website. We have even changed our name to reflect more who we are and where we are going. With all these changes, some very core components of what…
We are excited to start this new chapter in our ministry to churches. Since 1996, our ministry mission has been to mobilize churches and chaplains through sports. During that time, the initiative of our ministry to Churches – most recently referred to as Church Sports Outreach (CSO) – has worked with Local Churches both in…
Often times, we use numbers as ways to measure success in ministry. Numbers tell a part of the story but certainly not all of the story…
It has been quite a journey. In 2009, we launched the CSO Network along with a new website to better serve those churches involved with CSO. Before that launch, we had about 5000 people a year visit the CSO website. Former CSO employee, Tim Briggs, headed up those website efforts. He said again and again,…
Often times, we use numbers as ways to measure success in ministry. Numbers tell a part of the story but certainly not all of the story…
Its fascinating to see Sports Chaplaincy develop in countries all over the world. What is of particular interest is discovering how different cultures adopt a chaplaincy approach in their context. Ukraine became independent from Russia less than 30 years ago, so as a stand alone nation it is still very much in its infancy. The…
We think one aspect of our calling as a ministry is to spur on gospel centricity in sports ministries within the local church.
Recently, I read The Big Miss by Hank Haney about his years of coaching Tiger Woods. One of my main takeaways from the book was: