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The Soccer Psalms – Psalm 126

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Psalm 126 is another song of ascent. It was a journey song — for those who were coming to worship at the temple. It recalls a time of deprivation and exile and the return of a peoples to their land and the worship of God praising His goodness to them. In many ways, it can feel like a dream — to return, to win, to move up again.

I wrote Soccer Psalm 126 from the perspective of a fan who is seeing their club go up and be promoted or staving off relegation. This is hard for fans in the United States to fully appreciate and grasp, but for many others around the world they watch as their team strives to “stay up” in the highest league possible. Well, we, too need God at times to help deliver us or help us to rise — in our vocations and careers, in our marriages and relationships, and in our faith. Here is a wonderful song that reminds us to trust in Him and to see His goodness, even in those difficult times and places.

The Soccer Psalms, is a self-published book available on Amazon. (You can also find The Football Psalms-a British version-if you appreciate the different terms around the game). Both books are available globally on Amazon and contain 31 psalms that have been translated into “soccer psalms” — with words, language, and metaphors that connect soccer to God’s Word. I also include some reflection on the context and writing as well as some questions for reflection. Check out the book below:

The Soccer Psalms: https://mybook.to/thesoccerpsalms

The Football Psalms: https://mybook.to/thefootballpsalms-uk

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

The Soccer Psalms – Psalm 12

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David in Psalm 12 is describing the trustworthy and true nature of God in spite of all the faithlessness and falseness around him. It’s the difference between flattery and flawlessness. People being liars and God being a protector of the vulnerable.

I wrote Soccer Psalm 12 as an appeal to God as the Ultimate Referee. We can often equate (in the modern game) a sense of deprivation when it comes to officiating. So many bad calls even in spite of VAR and all the modern amenities for calling a good game, but God has all the angles covered and He can deliver the justice that life demands unlike any other. It’s God’s protections which keep the game and life good and pure.

The Soccer Psalms, is a self-published book available on Amazon. (You can also find The Football Psalms-a British version-if you appreciate the different terms around the game). Both books are available globally on Amazon and contain 31 psalms that have been translated into “soccer psalms” — with words, language, and metaphors that connect soccer to God’s Word. I also include some reflection on the context and writing as well as some questions for reflection. Check out the book below:

The Soccer Psalms: https://mybook.to/thesoccerpsalms

The Football Psalms: https://mybook.to/thefootballpsalms-uk

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

The Soccer Psalms – Psalm 8

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Psalm 8 is a proud boast about God. He is majestic. The work that He has done that is visibly expressed in creation and the way that God considers mankind is mind-blowing to David the psalmist. Perhaps young David has written this while sleeping out underneath the stars and watching over his flocks of sheep. He feels his place in God’s great, big world and it results in a sense of awe and respect for God that perhaps he’s never had before.

The Soccer Psalm 8 is a boast of a soccer staffer. It’s that sense of belonging that one feels when you’re working with others and you can look up with respect to club leadership or ownership because you see and feel the amazing ways that they take care of their people and make the workplace an enjoyable place to be.

The Soccer Psalms, is a self-published book available on Amazon. (You can also find The Football Psalms-a British version-if you appreciate the different terms around the game). Both books are available globally on Amazon and contain 31 psalms that have been translated into “soccer psalms” — with words, language, and metaphors that connect soccer to God’s Word. I also include some reflection on the context and writing as well as some questions for reflection. Check out the book below:

The Soccer Psalms: https://mybook.to/thesoccerpsalms

The Football Psalms: https://mybook.to/thefootballpsalms-uk

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

The Soccer Psalms – Psalm 7

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Psalm 7 is a shiggaion, but what that truly is isn’t certain to scholars. Best we can say is that it might be a contextual note like “play with a bluesy feel…” We do know that David (the psalmist) has taken a pretty difficult accusation and it seems that it’s unfair or unjust and he’s crying out to God to vindicate him.

In soccer, in my 25+ years of being around the game, I have seen and witnessed a number of times that someone (a player, coach, staffer) was falsely accused of something and the intent behind the reporting of it was to oust someone from a position or to make one’s own advancement. At times, in our work places and living places we might face false accusations. Where can we go? To whom can we make an appeal for justice? For the Christian person, we can go to God and ask Him to fight and defend us. God is an ultimate authority who’s judgements are right and true.

The Soccer Psalms, is a self-published book available on Amazon. (You can also find The Football Psalms-a British version-if you appreciate the different terms around the game). Both books are available globally on Amazon and contain 31 psalms that have been translated into “soccer psalms” — with words, language, and metaphors that connect soccer to God’s Word. I also include some reflection on the context and writing as well as some questions for reflection. Check out the book below:

The Soccer Psalms: https://mybook.to/thesoccerpsalms

The Football Psalms: https://mybook.to/thefootballpsalms-uk

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

The Soccer Psalms – Psalm 3

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Psalm 3 is a cry, a plea to God for help. David wrote it as he flees his son Absalom who was overthrowing the throne. David feels surrounded — like there’s no way out. The Soccer Psalm 3 is also written from a similar perspective — a player who’s been severely criticized. The media pundits and fans are calling for their dismissal. Truthfully, at different times in soccer this could apply to anyone—the head coach, an executive— it seems that there is always someone to blame, someone to level criticism at. This psalm is written for the one who is facing a criticism that is especially unjustified or unfair and they need to know that God has their back.

The Soccer Psalms, is a self-published book available on Amazon. (You can also find The Football Psalms-a British version-if you appreciate the different terms around the game). Both books are available globally on Amazon and contain 31 psalms that have been translated into “soccer psalms” — with words, language, and metaphors that connect soccer to God’s Word. I also include some reflection on the context and writing as well as some questions for reflection. Check out the book below:

The Soccer Psalms: https://mybook.to/thesoccerpsalms

The Football Psalms: https://mybook.to/thefootballpsalms-uk

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

Pause or Press? A Chaplain’s Commentary on the USMNT

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It may be a little “late to the game,” but after listening to the ongoing dialogue and controversy surrounding the United States Men’s National Team, I am going to break some silence. I think the Bible has some wisdom and guidance to offer as we consider the question of whether some players ought to press pause on the summer competitions or whether they need to press forward and lean in.

In today’s edition of From the Touchline, I distill the conversation down to an issue of rest and an issue of responsibility. The challenge is figuring out which issue is more of what we may say is a “call to obedience.” There are times when we are called to step up and step in, and there are other moments when we are called to press pause and rest. In the podcast, I offer two biblical stories for each side of the equation, as well as some personal thoughts and reflections for whatever value those might bring.

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

The Banner of God: Reflections on Exodus 17

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Israel’s first military test and battle coming on the heels of their escape from Egypt could have been disastrous, but God intervened. Exodus 17 records their first military test after a bit of a struggle for water in the desert. They won through the presence and power of God and the obedience of Moses in lifting up his hands to God; likely, with the staff of God in his hands.

In today’s edition of From the Touchline, I talk about the burden of leadership and responsibility and how, from the text of Exodus 17, we see that we ought not lead in isolation. Other lessons in the text include our obedience to God in the little things and also the lasting memory and reminder — that God is our banner. He is our success. He grants the victory.

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

Prayers Before Surgery: Reflections from the Rev

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Injuries are common place in sports, especially in professional soccer. I recently sat with an athlete before surgery and it got me thinking back to the various surgery centers, hospitals, and other clinics where I have been present with people before this often difficult moment in one’s career. Whether it’s the waiting room of a surgery center or the post-op recovery room, there are many places where, as a chaplain, the only thing that you can really bring is the presence of God and the power of prayer.

In today’s edition of From the Touchline, I share about how prayer and faith can help the athlete before, during, and after an injury. I reference Diane M Wiese-Bjornstal’s article, Christian beliefs and behaviors as health protective, resilience, and intervention factors in the context of sports injuries. Also, don’t forget that our app has a recorded prayer for an athlete who is about to go for surgery!

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

The Suitcase Life: How Well Do We Travel?

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Well, I recently moved office. It didn’t take long—two-three trips to move a couple miles away— but I was certainly in a funk. I don’t like change. Moving is hard (for me), even if it’s just a short ways away. It’s likely more to do with change or dealing with the unexpected. It begs the question: how we do you and I travel?

Professional sport has a lot of travel that comes with it. There are different ways that a person travels and lives life out of a suitcase and these tend to also display trends that we have when it comes to the other movement that we have in life. Beyond the traveling personality types (that I talk about in the podcast) there are some other principles that I think help us to travel well and I share those in today’s edition of From the Touchline.

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

Emmaus: Making Faith Sense of Mental Health, Part Four

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This is the last in our series on mental health that we’ve been talking about through the month of May. How can one’s faith inform and help heal and sustain our mental health challenges and struggles? The story of Jesus encountering two disciples on the road to Emmaus, found in Luke 24:13-36, is a story where we can pull some lessons out of and realize what Jesus is calling us out of and into as he journeys with them.

Today, our final two lessons in part four of this series. Previously I shared that, 1) Jesus draws near to us in our grief and loss; 2) we’re often blind or disoriented; 3) Jesus asks the questions and listens; 4) we are invited to share our story and experience in our own terms; 5) Jesus exhorts and explains about himself; 6) and we ought to retain rhythms of hospitality and generosity even in the midst of our grief (not shying away from people as we often want to do in such moments.

In our final lesson we see Jesus leading the disciples in the common pattern and practice that he has done so many times in taking bread, blessing it, breaking it — here the disciples “see” him and are transformed. Finally, they run back into community and Jesus enters in and declares his peace for them, for those assembled (and for us).

I recently preached a sermon on this subject that you can view here on the Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church YouTube channel there might be some different stories or insights that you pick up here that aren’t in the podcast — whatever is helpful.

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

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