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God Meets Ball: October 2014
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Wednesday, October 29, 2014. Football's on Sunday. So's Church. The Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 begin with these words,. I am the Lord. Your God, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. 8220;You shall have no other gods before me.". God first states what he has done for the Israelites, then he demands absolute devotion from them. Sport is a significant distraction. I recently engaged in a conversation with other ...
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God Meets Ball: June 2015
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Tuesday, June 9, 2015. As a Cardinals fan, I was thrilled to get my hands on the book The Matheny Manifesto. By Mike Matheny. Matheny arrived at the Cardinals about the same time I started paying attention to them. He was then part of four playoff runs over the next five years. So I have a vested interest. If I'd thought about it I would have remembered the actual Matheny Manifesto. I was honored to be a coach, and now I'm humbled t...
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God Meets Ball: When Shepherds Eat Their Sheep
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Thursday, June 4, 2015. When Shepherds Eat Their Sheep. FIFA is a corrupt organization. We've known it for years. Now the FBI has evidence. On 26 May Swiss police arrested seven FIFA officials while another seven officials have also been charged with racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Rather than go into further details I'll point you to a several articles from real news sites that you might appreciate:. The G...
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God Meets Ball: February 2015
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Monday, February 23, 2015. Thank God for the Minnows. What do Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Scotland, United Arab Emirates and Ireland have in common? They're all currently competing in the Cricket World Cup. #cwc15. The highly stratified world of cricket. Among the Full Members, Sri Lanka entered the club in 1981. Zimbabwe played its first test match in 1992. While it retains full membership, it withdrew itself from test competi...Altho...
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God Meets Ball: The Most Improved Award
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Thursday, July 30, 2015. The Most Improved Award. Have you ever attended the season ending sports team award night? It's the night when the coaches or parents or someone you don't really know tries to give trophies to as many people as possible. First, we get the serious awards:. Then, we get to the "others":. This generosity of awards means it really sucks when all the trophies have been distributed and you're not holding one!
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God Meets Ball: November 2014
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Wednesday, November 12, 2014. Does the NFL Teach us Grace? The NFL is not a contact sport. It's a collision sport.". But still, young men line up for a chance at glory in the NFL. Yet this image of fierce warriors takes a bit of a hit in light of some recent demonstrations of grace within the ranks of the NFL. To the Dallas Cowboys roster after serving 180 days in jail and serving a 10 week NFL suspension. This one's tricky. On ...
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God Meets Ball: December 2014
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Wednesday, December 17, 2014. What Are You Training For? At about the same time my friend Jeremy wrote this blog post about training and preparation which I'm sure you'll find encouraging. I've been reading an excellent book on personal leadership and growth by Jay Bilas. The book is called Toughness. How does this idea of preparation intersect with our spiritual lives? By applying the concept of preparation- by reading the Bible, e...
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God Meets Ball: August 2015
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Tuesday, August 25, 2015. In recent days a video from the 2014 NFL Rookie Symposium has surfaced showing Cris Carter advise rookies to "nominate a fall guy in their crew" in order to protect their "brand". This is terrible advice. As soon as it became public, both Carter's current employer, ESPN, and the NFL distanced themselves from his comments. Carter quickly made a public apology for his words, which you can watch HERE. I'm remi...
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God Meets Ball: January 2015
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Monday, January 26, 2015. Deflategate: Coming to Church Near You. You've heard the stories. When the Indianapolis Colts played the New England Patriots in the AFC championship a couple of weeks ago it was discovered that the footballs the Patriots used in the first half were about 15% too flat. After the officials inspected the balls before the game, they mysteriously lost 2 psi of air pressure by half time. For the last week, this ...
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God Meets Ball: September 2014
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Exploring life and God through the lens of sports.with an Aussie accent. Thursday, September 11, 2014. Worse Than a Pub Fight. For the past couple of weeks I've been wanting to write a blog post about English soccer, but other more urgent events keep popping up on the radar. Maybe next week. Before you read my thoughts, I recommend THIS POST. On a friends blog by a professional counselor who discusses domestic violence. It provides a great context and is more credible than any thoughts I have. Then on Mo...
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