Kevin McHale

When sports dehumanize us

Sports |  Sport is a realm of passion that burns white hot for what we love but is so volatile it can morph into icy bitterness and even hatred. When the team or player…

The chemistry of marriage

The chemistry of marriage

Marriage |  Marriage is an institution under assault, a relational commitment on the decline in our society. Statistics bear this out, but it’s just as easy to see with…

Tim Tebow (left) and Jeremy Lin

Should Christianity contribute to celebrity status?

Sports |  Let’s take a trip down memory lane, way back to nine months ago. It was the doldrums of late winter and spring was still a ways off. But, man, the…

James Harden drives to the basket against the Atlanta Hawks.

Is it worth it to be ‘the man’?

Sports |  In a superstar-driven league like the National Basketball Association it is a big deal when a star player switches teams. Just before this young NBA season…

Incredible credibility

Incredible credibility

Faith & Inspiration |  I recently heard a story on The Moth podcast about a boy who followed the lead of another boy in picking on another child and it got them both in trouble. Why…

Patience isn’t passive

Patience isn’t passive

Faith & Inspiration |  I am an impatient person. Waiting is a nuisance at best. This presents a challenge when I run into those situations when wisdom says “wait on the Lord.”

Dwight Howard

Cast your judgment with context

Sports |  Dwight Howard came into the National Basketball Association as a star, a humble yet charismatic one at that. But last season the player with the glowing smile…

Work at your play

Work at your play

Vocation |  “Play is the work of a child.” So went the slogan at the preschool my older daughter attended one year. And so the school provided means of play for the…

Right outrage or self-righteous rage

Right outrage or self-righteous rage

Culture |  Take a gander at the current political arena, or media coverage of any crime or international issue, or even the professional sports landscape, and you’ll…

NFL officials

Greater greed?

Sports |  Sports fans love sports for the games themselves. We love the excitement, the athleticism, the pageantry and drama, and the individual teams and athletes. We…

Stephen Strasburg sits in the dugout the day after his final game of the season.

The Strasburg dilemma

Sports |  What’s better, a short-term sacrifice for a possible long-term gain, or the possibility of significant short-term gain with a long-term risk? Sometimes…

Art Modell (left) and Ray Lewis in 2001

Art Modell: A complex man

Sports |  Art Modell, a man well known to long-time National Football League fans, especially those from Ohio, passed away last Thursday at the age of 87. He was…

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