Posts with the category “stories”

I made the decision to commit my life to Jesus at the early age of seven years old. I was also growing up with a deep love for the game of hockey. At thirteen I decided that my goal was to play colleg...  Read More

I often look at athletes as the epitome of a champion. From their athletic ability, sportsmanship, perseverance, strength, grit, commitment, etc - athletes show the rest of the world what it means to ...  Read More

I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma in a Christian home. We went to church as a family every Sunday. Like most Christian families, my parents taught my three younger siblings and I to pray before we ate and ...  Read More

When I was growing up as an athlete, it often time felt like a balancing act trying to live out my identity as a Christian while pursuing a sport competitively. I always wanted to display my faith in ...  Read More

As I have meditated on the Word of God and asked the Holy Spirit what I should share, He keeps leading me to share the importance of being bold for Christ in the sport world and how it can be done wit...  Read More

October 2015: I got the news a month into my sixth professional season. The San Jose Barracudas, the affiliate to the San Jose Sharks, wanted to call me up to the next level. I was ecstatic.  The news...  Read More

As athletes, many of us have an objective to push our bodies to the limit to deliver peak performance on the field of competition. To achieve this, we know our approach requires effort from many angle...  Read More

Growing up, I was a prototypical athlete. I wanted to be the best at whatever I did. I felt the need to perform well no matter what and was miserable when I didn’t. I had a natural ability to play mul...  Read More

One figure within the Old Testament whose narrative journey with the Lord has always struck me as peculiar, is that of Samson. As a young man reading the story of Samson, spanning from Judges Ch. 13-1...  Read More

In the extremely competitive world of hockey, every athlete dreams of winning a championship and leaving behind a lasting legacy. I was no different. My goal has been to be a part of a first-place tea...  Read More

Have you ever wrestled discouragement when you pray? Or felt yourself lose hope that change is even possible? Maybe you have been laboring in prayer for months -or years- and nothing seems to be chang...  Read More

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generation...  Read More

Confession time...There are times when I lose my cool behind the bench, especially after a bad call that the ref makes (or does not make) or if we make a poor play leading to a goal against. Sometimes...  Read More

March 2009 — I woke up in my Washington D.C. hotel room filled with excitement. We, the Miami Redhawks, were in the Division I NCAA National Championship game. Two nights prior, in our first Frozen Fo...  Read More

I was fortunate enough to grow up in a Christian home with a family who supported me wholeheartedly. Even with their support, it was easy to let hockey take over my identity and become my master over ...  Read More

Every day we ask questions. “How does this work?” “When did she get there?” “What’s that noise coming from?” “Who got the promotion?” Or thought of through the lens of sports, the questions are a l...  Read More

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and they shall call his name Immanuel” (which means, God with us).” (Matthew 1:23) “Where is your God now Steffes?”There were three minutes left in t...  Read More

From the age of 3 until about 12, every year at Christmas time my parents would ask me to write down a big PRESENT that I would want. This ranged from a Lego set, to a bicycle, and everywhere in betwe...  Read More

You know when people say: “We make our plans, and then God laughs at them, and instead gives us what we need?” Well, this is exactly what happened to me.While I once attended church religiously, it wa...  Read More

Have you ever thought, “How can I live a healthy Christian life?” For most of my life I thought living a healthy “Christian” life was centered around how well I could adhere to spiritual disciplines: ...  Read More