Faith In The Game
STORIES BY ATHLETES OF FAITH
Faith in the Game is a blog containing submissions by athletes of faith. Each of them was asked one question: Tell us a story about a time when your faith was most present in your life. Rather than tell us about their faith, we asked them to show us.
These stories are oftentimes uplifting, and at all times profound, raw, honest, introspective and heartfelt. These are not the sort of stories you hear in a press conference. Some of them take place on the field; others, off it. They are presented without agenda or judgment. On many levels, we think you'll find them fascinating, as they pull up the veil on a side of sports that is rarely revealed but very often present.
This blog is moderated by author and father Ben Petrick, a former Colorado Rockies catcher thought to be the only professional athlete to have his career shortened by Parkinson's Disease, along with writer and father Scott Brown. In addition to their professional and family lives, both men are also coaches of youth sports. A selection of the stories they've collected will soon appear in a book, and together they're also working on Ben's autobiography.
If you'd like us to email you when new stories appear on the blog, please send us a note at info@imagine-books.net.
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Trust The Man, by Colt McCoy
Colt McCoy, 24, is the starting quarterback for the Cleveland Browns, having been taken in the third round of the 2010 NFL Draft.
McCoy was the starting quarterback for the University of Texas Longhorns from 2006–2010, and was the Heisman Trophy runner-up in 2008. McCoy won more games as a quarterback (45) than anyone else in NCAA Division I history. But in what would be his final college appearance, he suffered a shoulder injury during the 2010 BCS National Championship Game against Alabama in the first quarter. Though x-rays were negative, he did not return to the game
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There are so many verses you can read about faith and trust in God, but until you’ve experienced something drastic in your life, you don’t really know what it means to have faith; to have trust.
There are many people whose stories are more profound than mine, but when I think about a time when my faith was most profound — and most tested — I go back to the 2010 Rose Bowl, which was the national championship game.
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