Olympics Superstar Champions Mental Health

Olympics Superstar Champions Mental Health

Gymnast Kerri Strug completed her vault routine with a painful injury – two torn ligaments in her ankle – at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. Despite the United States’ guaranteed gold medal chances, her coach Béla Károlyi pushed her to vault again at risk of...
Olympics Earn Gold Medals in Racism, Sexism

Olympics Earn Gold Medals in Racism, Sexism

My sixth-grade music teacher had a vision for that year’s annual Christmas pageant. For the life of me, I cannot remember her name. But I remember her passion for the nations, her fervent prayers during chapel and music class for the Lord Jesus to come now as we were...

How Olympics Can Reignite Our Resolve for Justice

I was hopelessly hooked on this summer’s Olympic Games, fueled no doubt by the blistering success of Team Great Britain. As medal winner after medal winner was paraded before an adoring public, it was hard not to want to feel part of the success. In their...

British Baptists Engage in Olympic Mission Outreach

Baptists in the United Kingdom are part of a ministry outreach by a network of churches focused on the Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games in London. The Olympics will be held from July 27 to Aug. 12; the Paralympic Games will run from Aug. 29 to Sept. 9. The Baptist...