Christians in Sport have a regular blog and these two articles with a focus on the impact of sport on identity are worth a read:
Who are you?
Do you let sporting circumstances define you? What about how others define you? We live in a world where sport is used to give people value – but it doesn’t have to be so.
Read the blog and watch the video for an interesting reflection on the theology around our identity in the context of sport.
And similarly this blog reflects on identity in both elite and day-today sporting contexts:
The identity battle in a performance-dominated world
For a sportsperson, their identity, their sense of worth can be completely wrapped up in their performance. What does it then mean to have sport in its right place, to help our identity be solid and secure in Christ? Read the full blog>>
