What if the most Christlike thing you do this season has nothing to do with how you compete, and everything to do with who you notice? Biblical hospitality is more than hosting—it’s the practice of making room for the outsider. For Christian athletes, that can mean noticing the transfer, freshman, injured teammate, or person quietly standing on the edge of the team.

Coaches are evaluated by wins, losses, rankings, and results, making it easy to tie our worth to how our teams perform. But Christian coaches are called to something different. Discover how anchoring your identity in Christ can free you to pursue excellence, lead from security instead of fear, and coach for God’s glory rather than your own validation.

Hazing has been normalized in sports for generations and the damage it causes can be devastating. The evidence suggests it doesn’t even create the unity teams hope for. Christian athletes, coaches, and leaders have an opportunity to offer a better way: replacing humiliation with honor and building team cultures rooted in dignity, grace, courage, belonging, and the example of Jesus.

The first 30 days of college can shape the habits you carry for years. Here are seven practical things every Christian athlete can do to build a strong spiritual foundation, find community, establish healthy boundaries, and compete with greater purpose.

My child doesn't want to play anymore—now what? Practical, prayer-centered wisdom for parents wrestling with youth sports decisions.

If excellence is primarily a virtue—a condition of the heart and character being formed—then the question we ask of our teams and of ourselves changes entirely. We stop asking only “What did we achieve?” and start asking “Who are we becoming?”

Amidst the frantic pace and emotional whirlwind of training camp, how can Christian Athletes faithfully glorify God and experience His presence? This article offers three practical tips.

There is not a manual for starting a parent prayer group on your kid’s sports teams, but there are some best practices and questions to answer before getting started to help launch this in the right direction.

If we open our eyes to identify God’s beauty while watching the World Cup, we may just find ourselves shaped with an expanding global perspective of God’s glory, opportunities to engage our neighbors, and joy filled with hope in eager anticipation of the Kingdom to come.

Christianity provides a framework that is uniquely equipped to resist apathy, restore rest, recover the joy of play, demand better, and build the kind of communities where people actually grow.

We might find our athletic experiences transformed into moments of profound awe and genuine worship if we paused and truly observed the wonders of God's craftsmanship showcased in sport.

With all of the competing voices that athletes hear, we need a clear, gentle, and firm voice to follow that outweighs messages we receive from a chaotic world. There’s no better place to look than the voice of Jesus, our Good Shepherd. 

The right questions build trust and connection, reduce pressure, reveal what your athlete is really thinking, and create natural opportunities for faith conversations.

Even though the letter of 1 Corinthians is written to a group of believers in the early church on issues specifically facing Christians, there is much wisdom to gain from Paul’s letter for reuniting a sports team on the basis of love.

Whether competing in an Olympic stadium, a public park with a taped net, or the local YMCA, Christians who play sport are called to do so in a way that brings glory to God. And the beautiful, relatively accessible world of pickleball is no exception. In fact, it might be one of the richest opportunities you have right now to live out your faith in an embodied, practical, and daily way.

The Lord’s Prayer is not a string of verses to recite as a way to spiritually manipulate God for results. God knows what we need before we ask, and what we need is a blueprint for how to live. 

Breaking down the meaning in each line of the prayer will guide us to a deeper understanding of life in the Kingdom of God.

Sport often trains us to think in terms of limited spots, limited recognition, and limited outcomes, it can be surprisingly easy to carry those same instincts into ministry. We begin to think that if someone else is flourishing, then we must be falling behind. At its core, the scarcity mindset treats the kingdom like a limited game, as though every gain for someone else means less for us.

Competition moves fast, and it’s easy for athletes to lose sight of what matters most. This article introduces the simple but powerful practice of using a “focal point”—a visual reminder tied to biblical truth—to help athletes reset their minds and refocus their hearts on Christ during competition. Learn how this tool can steady emotions, shape perspective, and help you compete with a deeper, Christ-centered purpose.

Great coaches leverage their influence to lead teams and athletes toward their full potential on and off the field. A RARE coach is one who remains relationally connected and emotionally aware while joyfully engaging those they are called to lead.

Every athlete is ambitious about something.
The question is whether that ambition is rooted in God’s glory or self-glory. In this article, Christian athletes are invited to examine the deeper motivations behind their drive and learn how to pursue greatness with a holy ambition shaped by trust, gratitude, and purpose.