Audience Flag: Fan Series

You care about a team or a sport more than is strictly rational. A devotional about what that investment is actually about.

Your child failed in front of everyone and you had to sit there. A devotional for the specific suffering of the parent in the stands.

You know you shouldn’t coach from the stands. A devotional for the parent who does it anyway.

The team is getting beaten and there is nothing to do but watch. A devotional about the secondary suffering of the fan.

The call went against your team and the referee is wrong and you have strong feelings about it. A devotional about what those feelings are actually about.

The fan of the rival team is not your enemy. A devotional about the person on the other side of the stadium.

The athlete you believed in did something you can’t defend. A devotional about hero collapse and what it does to the person who was invested.

You drove four hours to watch a game in a stadium full of people who wanted your team to lose. A devotional about the fan who travels.

The season had a different ending than you hoped for. A devotional about the fan’s relationship with seasons that disappoint.

Another kid on the team is clearly better than yours and the feeling that produces in you deserves examination. A devotional about comparison from the sideline.