What church can learn from sports

This past Sunday I had off. As a pastor, this is rare. I had considered what I would do on Sunday — mostly debating where I would be worshiping. But then a field hockey tournament was in the works for one of my daughters. It happened to be on Sunday morning. And so I decided to take her to the tournament. I would get to see her play and I needed a rest from the routine for a Sunday.

I didn’t expect to have a religious experience at a field hockey tournament, but that’s one way to describe it.