1 Corinthians 13: 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. How often have you heard someone say, “I love the Yankees”, or “I love the 49ers”, or “I love Real Madrid”? Or perhaps it is: “I love Messi”, or “I love Shohei Ohtani”, or “I love Tom […]
Remember Your First Love
1 John 4: 19 We love because he first loved us. Nearly every child playing a sport dreams of playing at the highest level. Perhaps it’s playing in a World Cup Soccer final, or in the NCAA or international cricket or swimming or perhaps participating in the MLB World Series. What a life that would […]
Are You Yearning for Love?
Ephesians 3:17b-18 And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ. I read a passage out of a book called Overtraining Athletes: Personal Journeys in Sport (Richardson, Andersen, Morris). It recalled the […]
Are You Willing to be the Good Samaritan?
Luke 10: 36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.” Most sports history fans have heard of Jesse Owens. The black American sprinter won 4 gold medals in the 1936 Olympics […]
What Does God Want from Me?
Jeremiah 2:2 “‘I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown.” My wife and I had the pleasure of coaching our sons’ and daughters’ soccer teams as they moved from children to youth, and youth elite. Through many years […]
The Greatest is Love
1 Corinthians 13: 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. How often have you heard someone say “I love the Yankees”, or “I love the 49ers”, or “I love Real Madrid”? Or perhaps it is “I love Messi”, or “I love Josh Donaldson”, or “I love Payton […]
