Become the athlete God made you to be
Athletes who follow Jesus often struggle integrating faith sport. We create resources for Christian athletes, the coaches who train them, and the parents who raise them.
Learn God’s Intention for Sport
Rediscover Joy in Competition
Glorify God in All Things
What does God want from Christian athletes?
Faith is widely present in sports, particularly in ritualistic pre-game prayers and chapels, religious tattoos and t-shirts, and calling on God’s blessing to accomplish athletic goals.
As a follower of Jesus, you may find yourself uncomfortably discontent with limiting faith to these common expressions. You know God wants more for you, but what is it? There are questions we want answered, such as:
Does God care about sports?
How do I apply the Bible to my athletic experience?
How do I deal with injuries and missed expectations?
What does it mean to glorify God through sport?
God’s intention is clear in the Bible, so let’s put in the work to find some answers.
Below are the latest blog posts, along with posts written specifically for athletes, coaches, and parents. Each post takes a few minutes to read and provides Scripture, thoughts, and practices to help the reader live biblically at the intersection of faith and sport.
God wants infinitely more for us.
Athletes desire—and deserve—a more substantive expression of the Christian faith in the context of sport, but they don’t know what it looks like or where to turn to learn more.
That’s why I wrote The Christian Athlete. The book helps athletes understand how to integrate faith and sport by:
Assisting those who want a wide-angled understanding of how to live the Christian faith in the context of sports
Walking through the many questions Christian athletes ask about winning, losing, injuries, practice, and everything in between
Moving Christian athletes from simply having clichéd spiritual sayings decorating their bodies or t-shirts to actually living out their faith through all the opportunities their sport offers them
The Christian Athlete will show readers how to live out a biblical perspective on athletics and urge them to engage in the gifts they are given to glorify God whether they are the team MVP or riding the bench.
Sport culture is discipling our kids.
If we don’t own the process of discipling our kids as they play sports, sports culture will do it for us. But as parents, we can get so consumed with our young athletes’ physical development that we miss the opportunities athletics provide to help them grow spiritually. Away Game challenges us to be more than spectators on the sidelines of our kids’ spiritual lives. Discover how to:
Leverage sports as a platform for instilling biblical values in kids and teens.
Keep joy, play, and gratitude at every level of your child’s athletic experience.
Use sports involvement as an opportunity to strengthen your relationship with your child—from car-ride conversations to post-game processing.
Spark faith-based discussions about sport-culture challenges such as handling pressure, dealing with failure, and being a next-level teammate.
Counter the toxic elements of today’s youth sports culture by cultivating kingdom virtues like self-control, humility, and peace—in yourself and your kids.
Away Game empowers you to embrace the role of spiritual mentor throughout your child’s athletic journey as you recognize—in the margins of every practice or game—winning opportunities for spiritual growth.
You can integrate faith and sport and change how you compete—and live.
Imagine competing with freedom, knowing that win, lose, or draw, you are indeed bringing glory to God. Imagine enjoying competition and bringing out the best in your opponent so you both become something better. Imagine your sport not being an end to your own glory, but a platform to grow closer to God and impact others for God’s Kingdom. We believe all this is possible, and if you are willing, God can lead you on a journey to transforming how you integrate faith and sport.
You don’t have to use faith as a good luck charm to attempt to get what you want. Sport doesn’t have to end with you gaining the glory or living shame. Sport can be a powerful platform that God uses to draw you into a greater story where God is glorified and your joy is complete.
As a coach, your calendar often feels like it’s not your own. Between early practices, travel weekends, recruiting calls, film breakdowns, and game prep, the margins are razor-thin. And when you finally do get home, you're often running on fumes. You’re constantly pulled in a dozen directions. Sometimes, the people closest to you—like your spouse or kids—end up getting the least of you.
You can’t give everyone all your time, but you can give them your best time. And when you do, you reflect the heart of a God who is never too busy to be fully present with us.