Kneeling in the end zone : spiritual lessons from the world of sports /
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Cleveland, Ohio :
Pilgrim Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- "Life begins on opening day": hope amid wilderness and exile
- Davids and Goliaths: why everyone loves an underdog
- Neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free: we're all one on game day
- "Equal worth in the eyes of God": the Apostle Paul, Billie Jean King, and the issue of gender
- One body, many parts: winning and losing as a team
- Touching the rock: a people of ritual and tradition
- Gym rats: perfecting our practice
- The dreaded asterisk*: playing the game with integrity
- For such a time as this: answering the call
- "Do you believe in miracles?": signs, wonders, and transcendent moments
- "We could always talk about baseball": loving to tell the story
- "Treated like gods": sports obsession and idolatry.