How should sports chaplains deal with disaster? “The Lord is close to the broken hearted and saves those who are crushed in Spirit.” Ps 34:1 As the former Chaplain of Leicester City I awoke to the horrifying news of the helicopter crash at the King Power Stadium. On the Sunday morning at short notice I…
Colin Kaepernick & Serena Williams – How should sports chaplains respond to these controversies? In recent days the media machine has gone into hyperdrive as it discusses the Kaepernick Nike sponsorship deal. It seems to be an issue that divides many. Its an opinion fest with all and sundry expressing their views, debating them often…
Can sports chaplains be coaches??? If you had asked me this question a few years ago I would have responded with an unequivocal ‘NO’. And these are the reasons why one of performance and one of spirituality – 1) Sports Chaplains operate best when they are independent of performance. A chaplain needs to provide advice and counsel to…
Last week we completed our second Global Sports Chaplaincy Summit where we gathered together key leaders of sports chaplaincy agencies from across the globe. Our aim was to discuss how to develop sports chaplaincy worldwide and we had representatives from Africa, Spain, Portugal, Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, UK and USA. There were two huge encouragements…
Well Christmas is arriving and for most chaplains its an extremely busy time of the year. It occurred to me the other day that there is nowhere in the Bible that says that we should celebrate Jesus’ birth….or is there? We see in the word there is a great tradition and ongoing theme to remember…
Kevin Naiqama, Captain of Fiji’s Rugby League gave an emotional thanks to God following his sides surprise victory against New Zealand in the Rugby League World Cup Quarter Final. What do we make of this? The issue is covered in some depth by my colleague Bob Schindler in his book ‘Does God care who wins?’…