Article January 1, 2000 Issue

Spirituality in sports

a proving ground

Reported by Rosalie E. Dunbar

"Sports can bring a sense of accomplishment, excitement, and even peace."
Shannon Miller

Interest in sports circles the globe. Go to the AltaVista search engine on the World Wide Web, type in sports, and you'll get more than forty-five million listings to investigate. Such avid interest isn't new. In the Bible, St. Paul used athletic imagery in his letters. And preachers over the years—Eric Liddell of Olympic fame, for example—have shown by their example that sports can be a great proving ground for spirituality. To gain some fresh insights into the subject, the Sentinel spoke with four women athletes who are also solid spiritual thinkers.