The issue of identity, its misplacement in one’s
performance, its loss due to injury, retirement, or firing, and several other
dimensions of this matter related to people in sport were recently addressed in
an article about a college football (American Footbal) player. This article was
written by one of this former teammates and it is rather insightful. It offers
no solutions, but accurately reflects the gravity of the issue. I hope you will
take a moment to read and to think deeply about those whom you serve. Thanks.
Today marks the official beginning of the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London with the Opening Ceremony this evening. Among the thousands of people in the Olympic Village throughout the event is a collection of our colleagues from around the globe. There are sports chaplains, carefully selected from a wide variety of ethnic, national and sport backgrounds, speaking many different languages and from both genders, who are officially recognized by the London Organizing Committee and provided uniforms and credentials. They work through the Olympic Village’s Religious Services Center and have already been in London for over a week. They will also stay beyond the Olympic Games to serve in the Paralympic Games. Please pray for these, our colleagues and fellow-servants, as they serve our Lord and the people in sport in these days of exhilarating triumph, painful defeat and even crippling despair. Some of these people were themselves Olympic competitors in past years and are thereby...
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