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A college football team makes a spiritual touchdown
Originally appeared on spirituality.com
When I was 28 years old, I became head coach of the football team for Principia College in Elsah, Illinois. The job offer came suddenly, and to be honest, I was intimidated at first. While I had six years of coaching experience, I wasn’t expecting to be offered a job at that level so early in my career.
Some experiences I had around that time had taught me how wise it is to trust God. As I prayed about this opportunity, I saw how developing this trust had helped me prepare spiritually for this position. I accepted the job and moved forward with confidence.
Among coaches, there are different schools of thought about ways to bring a team together. Many have adopted the “winner-take-all” attitude. Some use the threat of retribution as a motivator—they believe it brings out a competitive fire. If the team doesn’t win convincingly on Friday night, the players show up early Saturday morning to run punishment sprints.
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