Episodes

  • Meeting Alex Hunter (Again): Letting God Help Our Responses

    Meeting Alex Hunter (Again): Letting God Help Our Responses
    Sep 25 2024
    Alex Hunter is a fictional character that is playable in several versions of EA Sports Fifa video game. As a character, his storyline and attempt to become a big time footballer is a bit of a “Choose Your Own Adventure” element to one of the most popular video game franchises of all time. What response […]
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    12 mins
  • Amma Syncletica: A Revisiting

    Amma Syncletica: A Revisiting
    Sep 18 2024
    Amma Syncletica is one of those women who paid a dear price to follow Christian faith. And she’s known for one of the most intriguing statements for her time. Those who are great athletes must contend against powerful enemies. These are powerful words for a 4th century Desert Mother, even more so for her day […]
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    13 mins
  • Remembrance: A Reflection on 9/11

    Remembrance: A Reflection on 9/11
    Sep 11 2024
    Most Americans will remember where they were on September 11, 2001. It was a terrible day of tragedy and shock. 23 years later, the world looks very differently than it did before then. And 9/11 was one of those moments which stopped the global game of soccer the world ’round. Today, on the podcast, I […]
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    10 mins
  • Running Free: A Reflection from Psalm 119

    Running Free: A Reflection from Psalm 119
    Sep 4 2024
    There’s often a choice facing a coach prior to match day — do we play our game, or do we adapt and change because of the opponent we’re facing or the situation and circumstances? Most would say a team ought to play to their strengths and just be themselves. But how do we cope when that […]
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    10 mins
  • Soccer Chaplain Myth 4: Chaplains Just There For the Bad Stuff

    Soccer Chaplain Myth 4: Chaplains Just There For the Bad Stuff
    Aug 28 2024
    I once had a coach say to me, “I guess chaplains are just there for when things go wrong…” I lament that my apologetic for soccer chaplaincy and our conversation had led him to that conclusion. It’s a common myth, though, that chaplains are only there for people when bad stuff happens. Of course, we […]
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    12 mins
  • Soccer Chaplain Myth 3: Chaplains Praying for Wins?

    Soccer Chaplain Myth 3: Chaplains Praying for Wins?
    Aug 21 2024
    Sometimes people ask me, “Rev, do you pray for wins?” What usually follows is, at least for me, an interesting conversation if we have the time to get into it. But a common myth or belief that chaplains (or, simply, Christian people who enjoy sports) can fall prey to, is believing that somehow one’s prayers […]
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    18 mins
  • Soccer Chaplain Myth 2: “Chaplains for all…”

    Soccer Chaplain Myth 2: “Chaplains for all…”
    Aug 14 2024
    Much of my work outside of being the lead volunteer chaplain to the Colorado Rapids is working to develop chaplaincy with other teams in North America. This involves educating teams on what chaplaincy is and what chaplaincy isn’t. As I have different conversations and interactions with coaches, executives, and owners around the various leagues, one […]
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    9 mins
  • Soccer Chaplain Myth 1: “You Must Have Played…”

    Soccer Chaplain Myth 1: “You Must Have Played…”
    Aug 7 2024
    Sometimes when I introduce myself and share about the work that I do as volunteer chaplain to a professional soccer team, people don’t even stop to ask. Instead, they just say, “Oh, you must have played soccer at a high level…” Well, truth be told, I was never going to rise to such a level […]
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    9 mins