by Cally Chisholm | Jul 30, 2021 | Opinion
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...
by Alyssa Aldape | Jul 29, 2021 | Opinion
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...
by Phil Jump | Aug 26, 2016 | Opinion
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...
by Baptist Times Staff | Aug 23, 2012 | News
Thousands of churches have fresh confidence thanks to the success of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. That’s the view of David Willson, CEO of More Than Gold, the parachurch organization that coordinated churches’ response to the Olympics. “Churches...
by BWA Staff | Jul 25, 2012 | News
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...
