From the Touchline

Yesterday, we released a special edition podcast, Emmaus – Coping with Grief. In the light of a couple of recent deaths of former footballer’s, this special edition podcast under From the Touchline is designed to give some coping skills to those who are perhaps faced with a sudden and shocking loss or death.

In my experience as a chaplain in hospice care,  as well as serving parishioners in the church and the football (soccer) community — death, especially the death of a young person can take a tremendous spiritual and mental toll. I have found that the account of the two travelers on the road to Emmaus, found in the Gospel of Luke 24:13-36, had helped me to identify where I am at on the road of grief and given me some tools for coping and grieving.

Additional tools and reflection points are in this podcast, which is longer than what we usually produce (34 min).

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney and occasional guests touching on various issues around faith, family, and football.

Check out the Soccer Chaplains United App and go to the Media section. Under podcasts you will see a new podcast for 8/28/2019 entitled “Emmaus — Coping with Grief.”

If you don’t have the app yet, you can download the Soccer Chaplains United App from the Google and App Store. Search “SoccChaplain” and look for our logo (see photo above)!

Today, we released Spiritual Fitness Exercises as a podcast episode under From the Touchline. In this episode, I suggest some helpful starts to get your spiritual fitness journey underway.

I have always had trouble with some of the devotional and spiritual discipline parts of my walk with Jesus and I share a few suggestions to help spur you on. From devotional resources to prayer apps and more. Tune in and send us your feedback or topics that you might like to hear in a future episode.

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney and occasional guests touching on various issues around faith, family, and football.

Check out the Soccer Chaplains United App and go to the Media section. Under podcasts you will see a new podcast for 8/28/2019 entitled “Spiritual Fitness – Exercises.”

If you don’t have the app yet, you can download the Soccer Chaplains United App from the Google and App Store. Search “SoccChaplain” and look for our logo (see photo above)!

How spiritually fit are you?

In this edition of From the Touchline, Rev Brad recalls the cross-training movement of the early 2000’s and applies the principle of being cross-trained for one’s spiritual fitness as well as one’s physical and mental fitness. 

Inquiries and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney and occasional guests touching on various issues around faith, family, and football.

Check out the Soccer Chaplains United App and go to the Media section. Under podcasts you will see a new podcast for 8/21/2019 entitled “Spiritual Fitness.”

If you don’t have the app yet, you can download the Soccer Chaplains United App from the Google and App Store. Search “SoccChaplain” and look for our logo (see photo above)!

From sorting and packing to dropping off and blessing —

Rev Brad Talks About the Indestructible One World Ball

Rev Brad Encourages the Team to Bless the in-country Drop Off

Rev Brad Talks about Reproducing Generosity

Rev Brad Shares a story – Size 12 in Haiti

We really enjoyed our time with the morning show of the KPOF AM 910. Roy Hanschke, Denise Washington-Blomberg, and Gordy Scott were gracious hosts for Rubèn Rodríguez and myself early on Friday morning.

Some of the highlights that we were able to share in the interview included:

In case you missed the radio interview  you can click the link here to listen: Soccer Chaplains United Interview.

Do you pray? Struggle with words? Don’t know what to say? Rev Brad shares a couple of stories of a simple prayer that he has learned to pray over the years.

Check out our new section in the podcast area entitled “Prayers.”

Inquiries and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney and occasional guests touching on various issues around faith, family, and football.

Check out the Soccer Chaplains United App and go to the Media section. Under podcasts you will see a new podcast for 5/23/2018 entitled “From the Touchline – An Introduction”

If you don’t have the app yet, you can download the Soccer Chaplains United App from the Google and App Store. Search “SoccChaplain” and look for our logo (see photo above)!

Rev Brad Kenney looks briefly at the life of Saint Brendan the Navigator. Brendan’s life was one spent exploring the world that God was sending he and others out into, but Brendan begins his journey on top of a mountain praying, to discern if God is really calling him into this amazing journey.

Maybe God is calling you to something amazing. Maybe you need to get away to a mountaintop to pray.

Rev Brad also reads a portion of Brendan’s mountaintop prayer from Celtic Daily Prayer.

Inquiries and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney and occasional guests touching on various issues around faith, family, and football.

Check out the Soccer Chaplains United App and go to the Media section. Under podcasts you will see a new podcast for 5/16/2018 entitled “From the Touchline – An Introduction”

If you don’t have the app yet, you can download the Soccer Chaplains United App from the Google and App Store. Search “SoccChaplain” and look for our logo (see photo above)!

Where are you?  Rev Brad reflects on the first question ever asked by God, when he called out to man. Genesis 3:9 records this powerful and important moment. And God is still calling out today, to you and to me, and the question is the same. 

How would you answer that question?

Inquiries and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney and occasional guests touching on various issues around faith, family, and football.

Check out the Soccer Chaplains United App and go to the Media section. Under podcasts you will see a new podcast for 4/25/2018 entitled “Where Are You?”

If you don’t have the app yet, you can download the Soccer Chaplains United App from the Google and App Store. Search “SoccChaplain” and look for our logo (see photo below)!

What’s your preferred platform?

In this edition of From the Touchline, Rev Brad looks into the area of social media. He reflects on some of the ways that social media seems to speak to us and whom ought to be an example when trying to develop good habits and practices around social media and it’s usage.

Inquiries and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney and occasional guests touching on various issues around faith, family, and football.

Check out the Soccer Chaplains United App and go to the Media section. Under podcasts you will see a new podcast for 4/18/2018 entitled “Social Media.”

If you don’t have the app yet, you can download the Soccer Chaplains United App from the Google and App Store. Search “SoccChaplain” and look for our logo (see photo below)!

Rev Brad, in this edition of From the Touchline, shares about how God called him to be a chaplain to soccer. After leaving the Colorado Rapids for seminary, God opened a door to go back and serve the team in a volunteer capacity as chaplain.

Photo: Oakland Christian High School, Lancers  Varsity Soccer Team, Junior Year (1992)

Inquiries and feedback can be sent to [email protected].

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney and occasional guests touching on various issues around faith, family, and football.

Check out the Soccer Chaplains United App and go to the Media section. Under podcasts you will see a new podcast for 4/11/2018 entitled “Soccer Saint – My Soccer Journey Part Two.”

If you don’t have the app yet, you can download the Soccer Chaplains United App from the Google and App Store. Search “SoccChaplain” and look for our logo (see photo below)!