Topic: In the Game

You are older than you were and you still play. A devotional about the adult athlete’s relationship with the sport that won’t let them go.

Your body used to do this more easily. A devotional about competing in a body that is no longer what it was.

You are playing against people who were born after you finished high school. A devotional about what that experience does to the ego and what it reveals.

Someone on your rec league team is far too invested in the outcome. A devotional about the competitive environment in adult recreational sport and what belongs there.

You lost to someone you used to beat. A devotional about the specific difficulty of the reversed comparison.

The injury didn’t fully heal and it isn’t going to. A devotional about competing permanently around a limitation.

Your kid is better at your sport than you are. A devotional about the beautiful and disorienting moment when the formation goes in reverse.

Saturday morning belongs to the game. A devotional about what the recurring ritual of adult sport provides and why it matters.

At some point the active competitive chapter closes. A devotional about knowing when that is and how to end it well.

You have been playing with these people for years and you know almost nothing about their lives. A devotional about the specific community that sport builds.