Article January 22, 1996 Issue

Christian competition and healing games

George Reed

This week's focus is meant to provide a metaphysical head start on the approaching Olympic trials and for the summer Olympics themselves. "Christian competition and healing games" is a wideranging exploration of the best way to prepare for any athletic contest. Anyone who has faced a sports-related injury will gain much from "No trickiness in God," written by a winner of the United States Men's Figure Skating competition.

Like the Special Olympics World Summer Games held last year in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States, this year's Olympic Games in Atlanta will show what peoples and nations can do through cooperation and competition to promote goodwill and brotherhood. These athletic events not only highlight sportsmanship; they also bring together the global community. At their best they can represent a God-inspired caring and fellowship of universal humanity.

An athletic contest brings out a player's character, in addition to requiring skill and stamina. Many good qualities can be expressed in competition, including integrity, morality, and goodness, honesty, humility, and love. Just as a student's school examination tests his or her demonstration of values as well as intelligence and preparation, a sports challenge also brings out an athlete's morals as well as athletic ability and self-discipline.

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