When I was a little girl my father questioned me on my choice of behaviour in a specific situation. In defence I compared my behaviour to my friends’ behaviour and told him that I had done nothing wrong compared to the people around me. My father looked at me with a very serious expression and [...]
Posts from ‘September, 2008’
This Hallowed Ground
“What is soccer if not everything that religion should be? Universal yet particular, the source of an infinitely renewable supply of hope, occasionally miraculous and governed by simple, un-contradictory rules that everyone can follow” (Wilsey 2006:47).
Footballing Nun
In the last posting I talked about the idea that football is replaying time spent at religious institutions. I [...]
Does Football have a Spiritual Reality?
How much closer can you get to heaven without leaving this planet?
‘To the aesthete it [football] is an art form, an athletic ballet. To the spiritually inclined it is a religion.’ (Gardner 1994:323)
People are finding a void in their lives. Especially in situations where people feel helpless to change or alter their situations. The last [...]
Speech Time!! (2004)
I recently came across a speech that I wrote in 2004 for the USIU Sports Evening of Excellence. I was serving as the chairman of the Sports Federation and wanted to share with all the guests my love for the application of sports:
“In this day whereby corruption has infested our society to an epidemic [...]
More than just a game?
There is no doubt that football is a brilliant game, but can it be more than a 90min game on a pitch? With the upcoming 2010 World Cup in South Africa this question is on many minds. Around the world organizations and individuals have started using football as a vehicle for development. What does this [...]