New book release:
Cross Training Publishing of Omaha, Nebraska has
published a new title by Roger D. Lipe of Carbondale, Illinois. Front
Lines – Becoming an Effective Sports Chaplain or Character Coach is 304
pages of practical training and best practices for people who serve the
sporting community. The book is available in paperback through https://www.crosstrainingpublishing.com
as well as Amazon.com and other booksellers in the USA. A list of sources
for the book in the UK, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand is at the bottom.
Like
many people serving in sports chaplaincy or character coaching, Roger Lipe
began with no formal training, too little information, and no reference
guide. Front Lines is designed to provide much of the simple, direct,
and applicable information needed to guide a sports chaplain or character coach
through the process of developing ministry in sport.
Roger
Lipe has served with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes in southern Illinois
since 1994. He was born and raised in Carbondale, Illinois (USA) and currently
resides there with his wife, Sharon. Their son, Jason, his wife Jenn, and
granddaughters Addison and Elise are treasures to his soul.
Roger
serves as chaplain or character coach to teams, coaches, and individual
competitors at Southern Illinois University, and to the Southern Illinois
Miners of the Frontier Professional Baseball League.
Roger
is the author of fourteen books for ministry in sport. His global network of
friends and colleagues has enabled him to make dozens of international trips to
over twenty nations on five continents to facilitate the growth of sports
chaplaincy.
For more
information, please contact Roger Lipe at
RLipe@fca.org or
618.559.2735.
What People are Saying
about Front Lines –
“One
of the weaknesses of the Christian sports network is a reluctance to document.
Roger Lipe is an exception. This book addresses the practical challenges
which the active sports chaplain faces and suggests ways to approach them
combining Biblical wisdom and practical experience. Written in a humble manner
it provides a blueprint for servant-hearted sports chaplaincy.”
J Stuart Weir, Executive Director, Verité Sport, UK
“If
you are one either on the front lines of sports chaplaincy, or in the midst of
considering a call to join, Roger Lipe’s 20+ years of ministry experience and
distilled here in these pages, Front Lines, will help ready you and mature
you for the work ahead that God has for you."
Rev
Brad Kenney, Founder/Director, Soccer Chaplains United, Lead Volunteer
Chaplain, Colorado Rapids, USA
“Drawing
upon years of faithful service and practice wisdom, this book comprises a
candid and highly informative resource which chaplains and mentors across
any number of sports will find invaluable.”
Dr.
Andrew Parker, Director at Andrew Parker Consulting Ltd. UK
"This
book is arguably the most practical and insightful offering on Sport
Chaplaincy on the market. Due to Roger's long involvement at the coal-face
of Sport Chaplaincy and his willingness and openness to engage academically
with the topic, the sections of this book are filled with clear and helpful
advice on how to become, and to be, a an effective minister
for Christ in the domain of sport".
Dr
Nick J. Watson, Chief Operating Officer, Archbishop of York Youth Trust
and former Associate Professor, Sport and Social Justice, York St. John
University, UK
“Sport
chaplains enter a world of relative fame, competing agendas, and raw emotion.
The role requires near constant self-reflection and discernment for
understanding the sport culture and serving the people involved.
In Front
Lines, Roger Lipe shares his practiced wisdom from decades of sport chaplaincy
in accessible, bite-sized sections - each equally profound and practical. From start
to finish, this book unpacks the how questions of sport chaplaincy
while always remaining tethered to the important question of why, offering
an invaluable and authentic resource for people in sports ministry and beyond.”
Dr.
Brian Bolt, Professor, Dean of Education, Calvin University, Grand Rapids,
Michigan, USA
For my colleagues looking for Front Lines
- these are the distributors that should carry it in the
UK and Europe:
•Adlib
In Australia & New Zealand: •Amazon AU •Booktopia •Fishpond •The Nile •James Bennett •ALS •Peter Pal
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