This is a blog for my colleagues who are engaged in ministry with people of sport. In particular it is for those of us who refer to our roles as "Character Coach" or “Sports Chaplain."
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Friday, September 11, 2020
An Open Letter to the College Athlete in 2020.
Below is an article written this week by a Southern Illinois University (USA) Women’s Soccer player and member of our FCA huddle. I find it to be very good. You may want to share it with the people of sport in your ministry.
“In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33
Postponed. Cancelled. Rescheduled. Hearing any one of those three words has caused my heart to drop on multiple occasions. Unfortunately, these three words have been a constant basis dictating the reality in which we have lived for the past seven months. A countless number of athletes around me have come forward, admitting how mentally tough it is to continue training in the midst of so much uncertainty, and I can relate. I spent months training in order to be fit for my season only to be told “the season has been postponed.” I was upset of course, but I picked myself up and continued to push out of respect for the few games that I was told that I would get to play this fall. A few weeks passed until I was told those four words that no athlete ever wants to hear: “the season is cancelled.”
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