The Gift Youth Sports Offers the Church
Contributing writer Sarah Blackwell champions the idea that churches can offer counter-cultural recreational programs to put youth sports back at the right size and scale.
A Football Coach Who Got Job Back After Supreme Court Ruled He Could Pray on the Field Has Resigned
Kennedy’s fight to get his job became a cultural touchstone, pitting the religious liberties of government employees against longstanding principles protecting students from religious coercion.
As Soccer Moses, Jars of Clay Guitarist Stephen Mason Finds Unexpected Joy
The rocker who became a barber said soccer is a bit like life — sometimes sad, other times glorious.
Potential New Rivalries in Big 12 With BYU Becoming League’s 3rd Private Christian School
There could be some new rivalries between Christian schools brewing in the evolving Big 12 Conference.
Morocco’s Benzina Becomes the First Senior-Level Women’s World Cup Player to Compete in Hijab
A FIFA ban on playing in religious head coverings for “health and safety reasons” was overturned in 2014 after advocacy from activists, athletes, and government and soccer officials.
The Fragility of Motherhood
Rev. Angela Denker reflects on the unjust and tragic death of sprinter Tori Bowie, one of the fastest women in America.
France’s Highest Administrative Court Says the Soccer Federation Can Ban Headscarves in Matches
The ruling is likely to refuel the lingering debate on secularism — still volatile more than a century after the 1905 law on separation of church and state that established it as a principle of the French Republic.
‘Work in Progress’: Chiefs Long Snapper Thankful for Faith, Playing in 3rd Super Bowl
Now in his eighth season with the Kansas City Chiefs after playing collegiately at Oklahoma, James Winchester just made his third Super Bowl appearance. While football may be his profession, his Baptist faith is the foundation of his life.
‘He Gets Us’ Organizers Hope To Spend $1 Billion To Promote Jesus. Will Anyone Care?
This year’s Super Bowl will feature a $20 million pair of pro-Jesus ads promoting the idea that Jesus "gets us," part of the larger He Gets Us campaign. Organizers hope to spend a billion dollars in the next three years to redeem Jesus’s brand.
Unsettling Advent 2022, Day 22
John Sianghio writes that we find hope in strange and unexpected places. There is something about sports, something about the stories of players like Hakimi and his mother, that captures the hearts and minds of the world and pierces our souls with its poignancy.