Though my parents went to a church near our house, I was never really interested in going. Then one day, four years ago, my dad told me there was a concert at church, so I decided to check it out. What I found there was a really cool vibe with people my age in the … Read more

My name is Colin Ross, I’m 34 years old, married with three children, and live just outside Belfast in Northern Ireland. I’m a full-time mountain bike racer and coach. I’m also a Christian. When I was 5 years old, two men from a local church knocked on our door and had a short chat with … Read more

My family has always been on the water. My parents were both water skiers at Sea World and Cypress Gardens while we were growing up, and I was only 6 months old when I first put on skis.  While growing up, the only thing more influential for me than water skiing was my family’s faith … Read more

My brothers and I were always doing dangerous and goofy things. We spent a lot of time on the lakes in the Midwest, water skiing and eventually wakeboarding (which was first called skiboarding). When my older brother and I moved to Florida for college, I got a job working at a ski school, where I … Read more

“For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.” — Psalm 103:14 Professional athletes are valued because they excel in one area of their lives. It may be throwing, catching, tackling or playmaking. In the case of the surf athletes I work amongst, it’s catching and riding waves well enough to receive a … Read more

I was an 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist, X-Games champ and U.S. Open champ. I had achieved everything I had hoped to, and honestly, I just didn’t find the purpose and fulfillment I thought would come through accomplishments. I didn’t know what I was looking for. I didn’t have a Christian background, and honestly, I had … Read more

I was an 18-year-old Olympic gold medalist, X-Games champ and U.S. Open champ. I had achieved everything I had hoped to, and honestly, I just didn’t find the purpose and fulfillment I thought would come through accomplishments. I didn’t know what I was looking for. I didn’t have a Christian background, and honestly, I had … Read more

Ruwan Kalpage is former Sri Lankan cricketer who played in the 1992 Cricket World Cup. He later spent time coaching at the national level for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The experience which I am about to relate occurred a few years ago. When I went to service my car, I met a person who worked … Read more

After setting her mind as a youngster to compete for the New Zealand women’s national cricket team, Katie Perkins found herself lost and far away from that goal in her early 20s. But when she handed the game over to God, her athletic career took a positive turn. She debuted for the New Zealand White … Read more

Tinu Yohannan, a former Indian bowler, returned to the cricket field as the bowling coach for the Kerala state team from 2014-2018. He is now in charge of the academy structure and coaching system in Kerala.   I came from an athletic family. My dad, T.C. Yohannan, was the first Asian to jump 8 meters … Read more