On June 28 a local pastor, promoting a forthcoming church activity, announced to his congregation that since the Stanley Cup was over, there was nothing left to cheer for. A few hours later, Canadians had plenty to cheer about when their national soccer team made history by qualifying for the round of 16 in FIFA’s…
I’m not normally a “baseball guy.” I have the bandwidth for basically one sports fandom and one team and that’s reserved for my beloved Edmonton Oilers. But, like millions of other Canadians, I got on the Blue Jays bandwagon this fall. It took until halfway through the Yankees series for me to get interested, then…
Can Christians be competitive? Are there any drawbacks to mixing faith and sports? As a kid, I attended church, watched Veggie Tales and studied at Christian schools. However, it wasn’t until high school that my interest in sports materialized – specifically in the tenth grade when I fell in love with basketball. Sports provide a…
Is there a Biblical or theological ‘view’ of play? I think not. Examples come to mind: God’s creation of the platypus, for example, or the kangaroo, or the echidna (God seemed to fool around with Australia an awful lot). The Bible does speak about creation and recreation (as in re-creation). This is tied to the…
“You cannot serve God and Mammon (Wealth).” Matt. 6:24 Here we go again. The Olympics are upon us once more, this time in Paris, France. Perhaps it seems appropriate that CC’s editors have chosen the theme of A Theology of Play for this issue. What could be a greater display of the world at play…
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