The Community of Sports
Susan Hines-Brigger
July 26, 2024
Sports play such a big role in society. From children of young ages to professional athletes, sports serve as a form of entertainment.
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‘Run So As to Win’
Christopher Heffron
July 26, 2024
While collegiate and professional sports are big business in this country, the Olympics feel like a purer celebration of sport somehow.
Spirituality & Sport: All in, Let Go
Stephen Copeland
July 26, 2024
In this divine-soaked world, results have no bearing on who we are, which, quite literally, allows us to “play” with freedom and passion on the course of our lives.
Navigating Difficulties with Grace
Paul Lipowski
July 25, 2024
As followers of St. Francis, we are called to navigate life’s challenges with grace, humility, and compassion—drawing strength from our faith and our Franciscan values as we encounter difficult situations.
Spirituality & Sport: Play Like It Matters
Susan Saint Sing, PhD
July 25, 2024
The impetus to play is intended to help us transcend our base nature and advance humankind by the grace of God to Olympic heights.
Spirituality & Sport: Training to Be Present
Darleen Pryds, PhD
July 24, 2024
Perhaps in the only way I am like any of the elite athletes who compete at the Olympics, I can sometimes let circumstances overwhelm me or distract me from being present in the moment.
Spirituality & Sport: Swimming in Grace
Patty Crawford
July 23, 2024
Through swimming and my dad, I helped to learn this immense love from God.
Pray the News
Albert Haase, OFM
July 22, 2024
There is a subtle temptation to reduce the spiritual life to a relationship between “me and Jesus.” We wrongfully treat others and the world as distractions.
Spirituality & Sport: Pickleball in the Franciscan Tradition
Kelly McEniry
July 22, 2024
A pickleball enthusiast draws parallels between her favorite sport and the Franciscan tradition.
Fear of Want
Herman Sutter
July 20, 2024
The fear of want drives many of us. From sunrise to sunset we worry about whether there will be enough: enough money, enough time, enough food on the table.