What is the Gospel?
What is the gospel? Answering that question may be more difficult, controversial and critical than you think…
A Lesson in Selflessness from Coach John Wooden
What was it that created such loyalty, respect and love? Entire books have been written on Coach Wooden; many of them shed light on the answer to that question…
Mike Matheny’s Letter to Parents
Mike Matheny is the current manager of the St. Louis Cardinals. Like most managers, he is a former player. In between his playing days and his coaching career though he coached Little League. Yes, you read that right. He was a bit overqualified but he had a son that played. He was reluctant to coach…
What Type of Structure Does Your Ministry Have? Part 2
In part 1, I encouraged you to ponder about the structure of you ministry, to consider, like Goldilocks and the three bears, “Is it too little, too much, or just right?” Let’s assume that you have just the right amount – an endoskeleton – that facilitates mission accomplishment. Now I want you to ask: What does…
10 Reasons Your Sports Ministry Needs It’s Own Website
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…
What Are the Fastest Growing Sports in the United States?
I came across this article and here’s what it says: 1. Fast-pitch softball 2. Ice Hockey 3. Rugby We’ll be posting more on current trends in sports this week so stay tuned.
FREE Devotions for the Fall
3D Devotionals are an innovative way to integrate the concepts of sports, life, and spiritual truth. You can receive a set of these 3D Devotionals FREE. To see how, click here. For more information on 3Ds, click here. “The 3D Devotional model has revolutionized our ministry. We are now teaching our coaches to integrate rather than…
Baseball in Decline for Children and Youth
I came across this article from the Wall Street Journal and it has some really good research. Below are the stats: From 2000 to 2009, the latest year for which figures are available, the number of kids aged 7 to 17 playing baseball fell 24%, according to the National Sporting Goods Association, an industry trade group. Despite…
Sports Devotionals
Tim Briggs came across the below excerpt at J.D. Greear’s blog and, to give a little context, this is his first point on his criticism of children’s curriculum: Most “new-church-friendly” children’s curriculum speaks more to behavior modification rather than heart-changeThe first request is that children’s curriculum really focus on cultivating a Gospel-centered approach to stories…
A Better Way to Do Devotionals
The below video is an excerpt from a training entitled: The Most Important Question A Coach Should Ask. In this excerpt, Bob Schindler explains how to use life principles to bridge sport rules/skills to Biblical truths. A Better Way To Do Devotionals from Tim Briggs on Vimeo.