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  • Facing The Coach!

    September 30, 2003

    skit

    Coach: Tweet! Okay Murphy! Okay Brian! Get in here—pronto. Now the Big Game is comin' up. This is our Super Bowl and we have a chance to win it all. You know the drills. We've gone through it hundreds of times. Let's get to work. Now I have to go watch some important footage…


    Brian: Hey Coach! You gonna watch films scoutin' out the other team's secret play?


    Murphy: Yeah Coach!?


    Coach: No, Oprah's on today with “How to make low cal banana splits.” Now back to work! I don't want any benchwarmers!
    (Brian immediately starts stretching and Murphy pulls out his shades and sunscreen.)


    Murphy: Hey, Brian! Brian!


    Brian: What?

  • Facing the Competition

    December 27, 2012

    devotional
    Set: 

    Every once in a while we encounter an opponent in competition who, by all accounts, is unbeatable, and it prompts fear in our team. Some opponents seem to grow larger and larger as we approach game day. The media reports and general word-of-mouth discussions depict them as giants. How should we approach such an opponent?

    Your opponents on the athletic field are worthy of your respect. They are not, however, worthy of fear! The work of God’s Spirit within us does not bring fear. It brings courage.

  • Facing the Giants

    August 04, 2010

    devotional
    Set: 

    My first year of coaching was with a football program at a small Christian school. I believe there were only 20-22 players on the team. We were lacking size and had average speed. With only so few players, most of the starters played "iron man" football. A few players played the whole game on defense, offense, kick off and kick return. Would you be willing to bet those players were both physically and mentally spent by half time, much less the end of the game?

  • Fading into Oblivion

    October 11, 2006

    devotional
    Set: 

    Not long ago, Mike Tyson resurfaced in the news. He had begun fighting and training once again, and large crowds were gathering just to see him practice. Tyson has been out of the ring for some time, and reporters were airing past clips and interviews with him. One thing he said in a past interview that had been filmed after a loss really struck me. With sweat dripping off his face, Tyson responded to a reporter's question about what would happen to him next, "I don't know, maybe fade into oblivion."
     
    Tyson, the one-time world champion, whose name is known all over the world, stated after a defeat that he would just fade away.
     

  • Failing to Fail

    April 22, 2014

    devotional
    Set: 

    This was our time. My college basketball team had been in the middle of a rough losing streak, but now we found ourselves in a close game with a rival team on their court. This was our time.

    After a series of tough foul calls, we were still within reach--down by three with one minute to go. During the timeout, all my coach asked of me was to get open on the wing and skip it to my teammate coming off of a fade screen. No way could I mess this up for my team.

  • Failing?

    November 01, 2008

    devotional
    Set: 

    It doesn’t matter how good or how bad you are at sports. God is love. It doesn’t matter whether you have all A’s or all F’s on your report card. God is love. But what exactly is love?

    "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails" (1 Corinthians 13:4-8, NIV).

  • Failure

    July 16, 2013

    devotional
    Set: 

    Jesus chose the disciples as His team—all twelve of them—and all twelve failed! When Jesus was betrayed by Judas and arrested, the disciples ran away into hiding. They started out wanting to defend Jesus, but fear took over. Jesus predicted this would happen, yet still wanted these men on His team.

    We all fail. As athletes we will blow an assignment, strike out, or miss a shot. When this happens will the coach still want us on the team? Truthfully, sometimes yes and sometimes no. But if we keep trying and do not give up, we are more likely to keep our spot on the team.

  • Failure is Nothing!

    December 01, 2008

    podcast

    Failure doesn’t have to be permanent and it certainly does not define you!

  • Fair Play is Reasonable

    October 30, 2013

    devotional
    Set: 

    A soccer player falls in the penalty box after being tackled. She gets back up, walks to the referee who is pointing to the penalty spot, and explains that she just dove to avoid the tackle and there should not be any foul called on the play.

    After signing his scorecard, a golfer notices an error, reports it to the officials and gets automatically disqualified after winning the tournament.

    Even though her first serve was called inbound, a tennis player, knowing that her ball was out, overrules the line judge’s call and gets ready to second serve.

    A baseball centerfielder admits that he caught the ball just after it touched the ground and tells the umpire that the batter should now be on first base, not out.

  • Fairway to Heaven

    May 19, 2009

    Fairway to Heaven

    When STV caught up with Craig Kanada, he was shopping for shampoo at Target near his home in The Woodlands, Texas, accompanied by his wife, Brooke, and their three sons.

    Nobody asked for his autograph. It is likely that nobody recognized him, even though at that time — five weeks into the PGA Tour season — he was outplaying Phil Mickelson, Geoff Ogilvy, Stuart Appleby, John Daly, Stewart Cink and many of the big names who had been padding their multi million-dollar portfolios while Kanada was piling up over 100,000 miles on a Chrysler minivan with malfunctioning locks.

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