Jubal McDaniel and his non-profit, Northwest Football Ministries, recently returned from Spokane, Washington where he took soccer gear as part of our Community Project program. He shares about the soccer camp went and about meeting and working with Jackson Lino in an update below. Jackson Lino Jackson Lino is the Youth Program Director for Thrive International in Spokane, WA. Jackson immigrated to the US as a refugee and later started working for World Relief in Spokane. His heart is to see immigrant and refugee youth and families thrive in the greater Spokane area. I initially connected with Jackson via Twitter in 2018 and we hosted our first camp together in 2019. The camp takes place over the course of a week

It's not long into episode five, and we gain more insight into Coach Lasso's marriage to Michelle and the difficulties that the couple are facing. Lasso shares with the coaching staff that he's taken this position (some 4,438 miles away) in order to "give a little space" in his marriage to his wife. Giving a little space is sometimes the wisest counsel that a couple, or two individuals with relationship discord can receive. But how do we make that time or moment of "giving a little space" fruitful and intentional? In today's "Lessons from Lasso," I look at a couple of passages in the New Testament that speak to creating space around conflict and give steps for addressing issues in

Troy Ready, volunteer co-chaplain with the Portland Timbers, has been part of Soccer Chaplains United since late 2017 when we went through a rebranding and welcomed he and Ben Dudley onto the team. Troy has a long history in soccer as a former professional player and as a coach, which has included coaching at the U-23 level and at the collegiate level as well. Today, Troy has done a bit deeper dive with us by moving his fundraising and support base under Soccer Chaplains United after serving for a number of years with another non-profit organization. We'd like to welcome those donors that have chosen to support Troy and Jenny and the family as they make this change. More recently,