• I recently had occasion to visit Cambridge, England and while I was there, I was interested to learn a unique piece of football history. Apparently, the first known instance of codifying (or writing down) the rules of association football (or, what we Yanks call soccer) happened in Cambridge. In 1848, a group of Cambridge University students wrote out a set of 11 rules. They nailed these to the trees surrounding Parker’s Piece, a large grassy park in central Cambridge. Today, on the From the Touchline podcast, I take a look at Rule 7: Goal is when the ball is kicked through the flag-posts and under the string. Rule #7 — we finally get to the good part: goals! Goals are

    Oct 19,
  • In just a few days a small team from Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church (CCPC) will look to make their way to Juárez, Mexico for what the 28th time in a nearly 34-year history. Save for a period of a few years when the church deemed it unsafe to travel to Juárez with the drug cartel violence and in 2020 with the boarder closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the church has sought to go down each year and make an impact in the neighborhood just a stone's throw from the boarder fence. La Iglesia Maranatha and Pastor Jorge Mata have been firmly planted in the Felipe Ángeles neighborhood and community for those many, many years and it's through this relationship

    Oct 13,
  • I recently had occasion to visit Cambridge, England and while I was there, I was interested to learn a unique piece of football history. Apparently, the first known instance of codifying (or writing down) the rules of association football (or, what we Yanks call soccer) happened in Cambridge. In 1848, a group of Cambridge University students wrote out a set of 11 rules. They nailed these to the trees surrounding Parker’s Piece, a large grassy park in central Cambridge. Today, on the From the Touchline podcast, I take a look at Rule 6: When the ball is behind it shall be brought forward at the place where it left the ground, not more than ten paces, and kicked off. Rule

    Oct 12,
  • Today, I am super pleased to announce that Soccer Chaplains United is producing and publishing a devotional guide for the 2022 Fifa World Cup. The devotional, a collaboration of several Soccer Chaplains United chaplains and friends, will look to be available on Amazon beginning November 1. The 8-week, 80 page devotional with illustrations will begin with readings that mirror the different weeks of World Cup, Advent, and Christmas — all the way until Epiphany (Jan. 7). Interweaving themes of faith, family, and football each week will feature three distinct authors and writings based on a weekly theme. Amazon (better yet, AmazonSmile) will be the place to purchase your print-on-demand copy and will also feature ebooks with Spanish and Portuguese language

    Oct 07,
  • I recently had occasion to visit Cambridge, England and while I was there, I was interested to learn a unique piece of football history. Apparently, the first known instance of codifying (or writing down) the rules of association football (or, what we Yanks call soccer) happened in Cambridge. In 1848, a group of Cambridge University students wrote out a set of 11 rules. They nailed these to the trees surrounding Parker’s Piece, a large grassy park in central Cambridge. Today, on the From the Touchline podcast, I take a look at Rule 5: The ball is behind when it has passed the goal on either side of it. Rule #5 sets out another boundary line for the game. Last week,

    Oct 05,

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