Psalm 25:5 Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. Few would argue with the statement that “for many, sport is an obsession”. Such obsessions are manifested in many ways. There are countless parents who are obsessed with their children becoming great athletes, […]
The Matthew Effect – is God Unfair?
Matthew 25:29 For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them. David Epstein published an interesting read entitled The Sports Gene which investigates the question of whether elite athletes are genetic freaks or simply normal people who overcome their […]
Habits of Success
5 For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; (2 Peter 1:5) As I think back to “successful” people I have been exposed to, I have noticed that they have had something in common – they each had similar habits. Merriam-Webster defines a habit as: “an acquired […]
Are You Striving for Excellence or Perfection?
1 Corinthians 10: 31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. Excellence is a word that is often bandied about in the world of sport, but what does it actually mean? And how does excellence differ from perfectionism? Dr. Chris Stankovich, often referred to as […]
Working Excellently
1 Corinthians 10: 31 So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. The United States has recently developed a very strong crop of young golfers. A few of them showed their promise early. Jordan Spieth made the cut at the Byron Nelson Classic at the age […]
