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DWYL Resources

The team over at Don’t Waste Your Life continue to provide new engaging resources and many for FREE.
Similar to Relevant Revolution, Sermon Jams have mixed the message of DWYL to various musical beats on CD.
Below is a DWYL Sermon Jam Video:

Download FREE DWYL Wallpapers:

The entire DWYL Book and group Study Guide is available [...]

The Image of God in the Human Body // Essays on Christianity and Sports

While listening to a C.J. Mahaney message, “Don’t Waste Your Sports,” I noted an article that he referenced.
The article is entitled, “Created to Play: Thoughts on Play, Sport, and the Christian Life,” written by Erik Thoennes, Associate Professor at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University.
I searched for this article and discovered [...]

Kurt Warner // ProBook 09

After following Sports Spectrum, a magazine covering sports and faith, on Twitter, I received a direct message informing me that I was the winner of a ProBook 2009 Booklet, featuring Kurt Warner, giveaway.
The booklet features a cover story on Kurt Warner of the Arizona Cardinals and it contains a 2009 pro [...]

Brian McCormick Interview // Coach, Trainer, Author

Brian McCormick is a basketball coach, trainer, author and entrepreneur.
He is the Performance Director for Train for Hoops, the creator of 180 Shooter, and author of Crossover: The New Model of Youth Basketball Development.
McCormick has coached professionally in Sweden and Ireland, and coached and trained youth, high school and [...]

Baller Transformed // AKA White Jesus

Over at Bounce Magazine, Issue #14, The White Issue, caught my attention and looked like an interesting read. The issue examined and paid homage to white basketball players that made an impact on the NYC courts.
**Update: On the cover is Jack “Black Jack” Ryan and inside features a major article of a playground legend Billy [...]

When You Are in Love

I am currently reading through a book by Francis Chan, Crazy Love, and it is beating me up right now (challenging my soul). While this is not a book review, I wanted to share a few brief notes from the beginning of a chapter entitled: When you’re in love.
The opening paragraph is a quoted [...]

Leadership Gold Lessons

I went to the book store with my father-in-law, during Thanksgiving weekend, and he handed me Leadership Gold, the latest book from John Maxwell, as a gift.
At first I was thinking: “No, not that book.” “There are a ton of other books that I would rather read first!”
Yes, I have heard of [...]

New Books to Read

Here are a few books that are on my reading list.

Crazy Love is a book by pastor and first-time author, Francis Chan.
I have heard nothing but great things about Francis Chan and I look forward to reading this book (when I get it).
Description: God is calling you to a passionate love relationship with [...]

Bill Russell vs Wilt Chamberlain

The Rivalry, by John Taylor, is a narrative of the battle between Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain during the golden age of basketball.
This work takes a look at the players who were the first black superstar athletes outside of boxing, that had complex personalities, that lived in a segregated society (also during the assassination [...]

Greatest Sports Moments Contest

Over at the blog, The Blazing Center, there is a contest going on to celebrate the release of a new book called, Game Day for the Glory of God. To enter the contest you must submit your favorite sports moment in history.
Here is the deal (as posted on The Blazing Center):
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