Soccer Chaplains United
UNITED BY A COMMON CODE AND A SHARED VISION TO PROVIDE SPIRITUAL CARE, WISE COUNSEL, AND MEANINGFUL SERVICE FOR SOCCER
Emmaus: Making Faith Sense of Mental Health, Part One
I have podcasted before on The Emmaus Road as a biblical text that helps us to make sense of grief, but as Luke 24:13-35 is one of my favorite texts, it has grown on me a bit more with some new and different insights and I wanted to revisit it again during this month of […]
Game Plans and Gospel: Talking Translation in Texas
I am really pleased to share that a proposed talk has been initially accepted for the 4th Global Congress on Sport and Christianity (GCSC). The congress, happening this summer in Waco, Texas, has been something that I have prioritized now for a number of years dating back to the first congress in 2016 in York, […]
St. Patrick’s Marks a First for Peru
St Patrick Presbyterian Church in Collierville, TN has been a church committed to the local suburbs in which she is planted. Missions has typically looked like offering money and prayers to those at a distance throughout her first two decades. But, more recently, the church has come to the realization that if we are to […]
Highline Community Church Likely Moving Out, Moving On
Highline Community Church (HCC) has graciously partnered with Soccer Chaplains United for the past three years. Thanks to Brian Gawf and the church, to allow myself (Brad) to utilize some office space for my work with Soccer Chaplains United, as Executive Director, and the Colorado Rapids, as volunteer chaplain, it’s been nice to have a […]
First Christian Reformed Partners with Soccer Chaplains United
Thanks to Board Member Jan van Vliet and his work to engage the local church, First Christian Reformed Church in Sioux Center, IA has provided a grant to Soccer Chaplains United for 2025. The grant will specifically go toward our efforts to raise and train up new chaplains in the soccer space. The cost of […]
First time guest appearance on How Soccer Explains Leadership podcast
A few weeks ago, I was privileged to be a guest on the How Soccer Explains Leadership podcast with host Phil Darke. Over the course of the hour-long podcast, I reflected on my 24-year journey serving as a volunteer chaplain in professional soccer and some of the profound ways that the Beautiful Game intersects with faith, leadership, […]