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Devotionals addressing the unique spiritual and cultural dynamics of specific sports and athlete populations.
In rugby, you can only pass backward. The team advances by everyone moving forward together. A devotional about what that constraint teaches.
Rugby doesn’t stop much. The game continues through contact, through the tackle, through the ruck. A devotional about the sustained attention the continuous game demands.
Eight players bound together as one unit, pushing against eight others. A devotional about what the scrum demands and what it produces.
Rugby has one of the strongest cultures of official respect in all of sport. A devotional about why that culture exists and what it models.
Golf’s fundamental rule is that you play the ball where it lands, no matter where that is. A devotional about what that principle demands and what it reveals.
The golfer plays two rounds simultaneously: the one on the course and the one in their head. A devotional about managing the mental round.
Golf is played individually but scored collectively. A devotional about how team motivation changes the individual performance.
A round of golf takes four-plus hours. Actual swings take about three minutes total. A devotional about what to do with the rest.
The yips are when a physical skill you have mastered becomes suddenly and mysteriously unreliable. A devotional for the golfer who knows exactly what this means.
Every gymnast falls. The fall happens in public, in silence, and with everyone watching. A devotional for the sport where failing is the most exposed.