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June Soccer with Jordan – Part 2

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Today on the podcast, it is part 2 of my conversation with Jordan Medas. Jordan serves as a volunteer chaplain with Soccer Chaplains United and as the East Coast Chaplain Manager.

Jordan and I continue our reflections about the 2022 Men’s World Cup Devotional and the subsequent (2024) revision, The Light is Coming. Jordan and I both served as authors for this 8-week devotional which combines themes of faith and football (soccer).

We close out the conversation with a fun game of Crosses with Rev, one which requires a VAR review to see if he scored the last question before time was up!

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.

June Soccer with Jordan – Part 1

From the Touchline

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Today on the podcast, I am joined by Jordan Medas. Jordan is a volunteer chaplain with Soccer Chaplains United and he serves as the East Coast Chaplain Manager. Jordan’s first time on the podcast, we take a little bit of time to get to know him better and understand his story of coming to serve with Soccer Chaplains United.

Jordan and I also take a look back at the 2022 Men’s World Cup Devotional and the subsequent (2024) revision, The Light is Coming. Jordan served as one of three authors. The revision as well s the original devotional (along with translations into Spanish and Portuguese) are still available on Amazon. With so much soccer going on in this month of June (Euros, international breaks, and Olympic call ups) we reflect back on one of the first writings and publications that we made around a major soccer event.

We continue the conversation in part 2 (next week) with a fun game of Crosses with Rev! You won’t want to miss it.

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.

June Soccer with Jubal – Part 2

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Jubal McDaniel joins me today for part 2 of our June Soccer series. Jubal is the volunteer chaplain for the Tacoma Defiance and serves as the Soccer Chaplains United Pacific Coast Chaplain Manager and our conversation has centered around the two devotional books that we worked on — for the recent World Cups and the subsequent revisions.

June 2024 marks our release of the revision of last year’s Five Women You Meet in Faith and Football. With new artwork and a more timeless feel, Jubal and I look back on that devotional and the work done on both devos and how the art moved or spoke to us.

Jubal and I also play a fun game of Crosses with Rev! It’s debatable whether he attempted to slow the pace down…all good fun, though!

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.

June Soccer with Jubal – Part 1

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June is the start of a very busy soccer season — international friendlies, the Euros, readying for the summer Olympics, as well as the various leagues throughout the U.S. Today on the podcast, I am joined by Jubal McDaniel. Jubal is the volunteer chaplain for the Tacoma Defiance and serves as the Soccer Chaplains United Pacific Coast Chaplain Manager.

Jubal and I take a look back at the devotional books that we worked on — one for the 2022 Men’s World Cup and one for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. With the revision of Five Women You Meet in Faith and Football coming out this month, we reflect back on the artwork and graphic design and layout help that Jubal provided for the two devotionals.

And in part 2 (next week), Jubal and I play a fun game of Crosses with Rev! You won’t want to miss it.

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 Light is Coming Devotional Ebook Free on Amazon on Christmas Day

In celebration of the end of Advent, Soccer Chaplains United’s devotional ebook, The Light is Coming, will be free on Amazon on Christmas Day. The Light is Coming is our rewrite and revision of the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup devotional offering. It is now available on Amazon globally via the link above.

With one year passed since we wrote for the Men’s World Cup, this devotional has been edited and re-written to remove time references, make it less “2022 World Cup” centric, and to also make it easier for individuals and teams to utilize in any 8-week span.

Our 2022 World Cup devotional remains available for sale on Amazon and is available in Spanish and Portuguese as well. Follow the links below to view those:

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World Cup 2022 Devotional EBooks Reduced to $.99 For the Next 4 Days!

The 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup final between Argentina and France was a game for the ages with an intense battle that saw Lionel Messi’s Argentina win in penalties after a hard fought game. If you watched the finale, you know that this was some amazing soccer to behold.

We want to celebrate the Beautiful Game and last year’s FIFA Men’s World Cup, to do so we are reducing our 2022 devotional ebook to $.99 from Friday, December 15 through Monday, December 18th!

Soccer coaches, executives, athletic directors and chaplains are encouraged to email us at info@soccerchaplainsunited.org for information on bulk rate discounts on the paperback versions.

Remember that our revision of the devotional is also available on Amazon (and here’s a hint in advance: we’re making the ebook free on Christmas Day).

Soccer Chaplains United is non-profit, 501(c)3 and depends upon the financial support of our partners to carry out our work of developing chaplaincy across all levels of soccer. Please consider making a contribution today to help us continue growing our chaplains and our work. Check out our Donate page for different giving options.

The Light is Coming Devotional Ebook Free on Amazon Tomorrow

In celebration of the beginning of the Advent season (November 15), Soccer Chaplains United’s devotional ebook, The Light is Coming, will be free on Amazon, tomorrow. The Light is Coming is our rewrite and revision of the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup devotional offering, is now available on Amazon globally via the link above.

It has been one year since we wrote for the Men’s World Cup. This devotional has been edited and re-written to remove time references, make it less “2022 World Cup” centric, and to also make it easier for individuals and teams to utilize in any 8-week span.

The eight, weekly themes match the Advent and Christmas season and fit nicely with a reading plan for this particular time of the year.

The 2022 World Cup devotional remains available for sale on Amazon and in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as well. Follow the links below to view those:

The Light is Coming — Now Available on Amazon

The Light is Coming, our rewrite and revision of the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup devotional offering, is now available on Amazon globally via the link above.

With a year, now, gone by since we wrote for the special version and timing of the Men’s World Cup — we’ve re-written the devotional to remove time references, make it less “2022 World Cup” centric, and make it easier for individuals and teams to utilize in any 8-week span.

Readers can still use it during the season of Advent and Christmas. The eight, weekly themes match the season’s usual progressive topics.

The 2022 World Cup devotional remains available for sale on Amazon and in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as well. Follow the links below to view those:

The Light Is Coming

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One year on from our first publication and we’ve revised and republished our first devotional. Last year, for the 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup, Soccer Chaplains United published an 8-week devotional designed to cover Advent and Christmas and the World Cup, all at the same time. The original devotional which is still available on Amazon (and in Spanish and Portuguese) went through some slight revisions to make the book and writing more timeless and more useful for other 8-week periods in a given season. The book title and cover art has been changed. You can find it on Amazon under the title The Light is Coming | A Soccer Devotional.

On today’s episode of From the Touchline, Rev Brad talks about some of the backstory behind the putting the devotional together. From the artwork and the writing, he shares about how things came together and how the theme of “light” emerged as artists and writers worked independent of one another.

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.

2022 World Cup Devotional — Worship

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The 2022 FIFA Men’s World Cup is over and the time for the Soccer Chaplains United devotional is winding down. This is the last week on the podcast and author Jordan Medas reads the final weekly devotional for the podcast. We pray that your New Year is off to great start and that you discover new ways to Worship God wholeheartedly this year!

We encourage you if you haven’t purchased the devotional, it’s available on Amazon in Spanish and English and Portuguese. The links below are for the US AmazonSmile website where your purchase also helps our organization (if you designate Soccer Chaplains United), but if you have Amazon in or near your country, you can purchase it through there as well.

Today, on the From the Touchline podcast, Rev Jordan Medas reads the Halftime reflection for Week 8, entitled: New Beginnings. As we get into the new year of 2023, there might be some new beginnings that you are needing to make — in life, in faith, family, or in football. What gifts do you have that you can bring? What things do you have that you can offer as an act of worship? Listen to learn more.

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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