Written by Ken Cross, Church Mentor at CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports Our Present Reality We have all heard about making lemonade out of lemons. This phrase tells us to take an adverse situation and turn it around for your benefit and especially for the benefit of others. The Covid 19 pandemic…
Written by Ken Cross, Church Mentor at CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports Winners & Losers General George Patton famously remarked, “Americans love a winner and will not tolerate a loser.” NFL Coach Vince Lombardi: “Show me a good loser, and I’ll show you a loser.” We all want to be on the winning…
Overflow Human beings are complex, our actions even when thoughtless are not random. We speak and also act out of the abundance that is in our heart (Luke 6:45). There are many arenas in life that are the proverbial “squeezing of the sponge”, ringing out what is already inside of us. In some scenarios we…
Written by Bob Schindler, Executive Director of CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports More Congregations are Utilizing SR&F Outreach Ministry* “Sports ministry in local churches is on the decline.” I don’t remember when I first heard this assertion, but it has certainly been around for at least the last 10 years, since…
CEDE Sports has some exciting news to share with their friends, family, supporters, chaplains, and churches. They have “acquired” or “merged with” or “united with” International Sports Ministries (ISM). After over 20 years of ministry, these two organizations are merging under the CEDE Sports name. They have always been on the same team, and now…
“So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.” …
Written by Bob Schindler, Executive Director of CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports, Written for Faith Driven Athlete. I wrestled with this question.. Especially after losing in a playoff at PGA Tour Qualifying School. (Click here to learn more of that story.) I cared who won that day. The question I left with…
Written by Bob Schindler, Executive Director of CEDE Partners – an Initiative of CEDE Sports I had just played the best round of golf in my life.. The round came on the last day of the crucible of PGA Tour Qualifying School, or Q School as it is often called. According to John Feinstein, “The…
Does God Care Who Wins? If you say, “No,” maybe you are thinking like many others who say, “God has more important things to concern himself with than our sports.” This is the common reason given, but this answer trivializes sports and limits God’s love, leaving us wondering what else isn’t important enough in our…
Brother Juniper’s strategy for an archery bulls-eye was to launch an arrow at the side of a barn then draw the bulls-eye rings around the arrow. After the paint was applied he had a false view of success. CEDE Partners does not endorse that strategy and we have an alternative! We call it our MVPS:…