With a Football World Cup behind us, another Rugby World Cup upon us and a Cricket World Cup ahead of us, what ought the followers of Jesus think about sport and it's place in the Christian life?
Our world is currently wracked by many horrors. There is the ongoing war in Ukraine, the expanding conflict in the Middle East, the seemingly endless other hostilities around the globe that don't seem to make it onto our news. That is to say nothing of the issues of poverty, injustice and looming environmental catastrophes.
Is sport a frivolous distraction and waste from what is really important? […]