Kneeling in the end zone
Subtitle: spiritual lessons from the world of sports
By: Josh Tinley.
Publisher: Pilgrim Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cleveland, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9780829818420
Subjects: Sports -- Religious aspects; Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects; Athletes -- Religious life; Spirituality
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: "Life begins on opening day": hope amid wilderness and exile; title: Davids and Goliaths: why everyone loves an underdog; title: Neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free: we're all one on game day; title: One body, many parts: winning and losing as a team; title: Touching the rock: a people of ritual and tradition; title: Gym rats: perfecting our practice; title: The dreaded asterisk*: playing the game with integrity; title: For such a time as this: answering the call; title: Do you believe in miracles?: signs, wonders, and transcendent moments; title: "We could always talk about baseball": loving to tell the story; title: "Treated like gods": sports obsession and idolatry.