The local church is the hope of the world. Unless we are physically unable, every Christian should be a part of a church…
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Lying in sports can get you ejected from a game or suspended or…banned? It’s happened before, and I don’t even have to provide names for all the athletes who chose that…
Looking around the blog posts today, I found one that stuck out to me immediately. “Dream Maker vs. Dream Breaker” was the title and it was obvious to me which…
When I read this old post about “The Gathering” and how it was such an encouraging time for everyone, it only got me more excited for this year’s REACHgathering on April…
The bulk of ministry efforts during summer camps are focused on the campers who will attend camp..
The second way you can harness the power of summer camps for ministry is to look for both structured and non-structured ministry opportunities…
A while ago there was a short post about Fantasy Sports and the opportunities that might be there for ministry. “I recently read where 11% of the U.S. population plays one or…
The gospel message is shared not only in devotional time, but is integrated throughout the day in multiple ways and through various activities…
This past blog post caught my eye because of its honesty and how it rung so true. Sports do hold great power. Some of it is so strong, it can…
Several years ago Christianity Today wrote an article called “Sports Fanatics: How Christians have succumbed to the sports culture–and what might be done about it.” It certainly created a little…
Conflict happens all the time–you can’t avoid it. What you can do though is help people deal with conflict Biblically. As we all know though, that rarely happens with sports…
I really got a lot out of the following quote: “Real life change is a ‘process’. CSO continually talks about how relational outreach is the best approach in the sports…
A good coach can quickly identify the players with potential to be truly exceptional in their sport. A great coach finds ways to develop that potential, encouraging and challenging the…
Years ago, my wife sent me a text message that simply stated: “What have you done for God today?”…
“In a networking church (sports outreach ministry), you must be either a seeker, a bringer, or a cell leader (follow-up) or you are dead weight…
What if your church evaluated your sports ministry by these rules below? What if your participants did as well?…