From The Touchline - Soccer Chaplains United Rev Brad Kenney

Today on the podcast, I am joined by Jordan Medas. Jordan is a volunteer chaplain with Soccer Chaplains United and he serves as the East Coast Chaplain Manager. Jordan’s first time on the podcast, we take a little bit of time to get to know him better and understand his story of coming to serve with Soccer Chaplains United.







Jordan and I also take a look back at the 2022 Men’s World Cup Devotional and the subsequent (2024) revision, The Light is Coming. Jordan served as one of three authors. The revision as well s the original devotional (along with translations into Spanish and Portuguese) are still available on Amazon. With so much soccer going on in this month of June (Euros, international breaks, and Olympic call ups) we reflect back on one of the first writings and publications that we made around a major soccer event.







We continue the conversation in part 2 (next week) with a fun game of Crosses with Rev! You won’t want to miss it.







From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).







Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

Jubal McDaniel joins me today for part 2 of our June Soccer series. Jubal is the volunteer chaplain for the Tacoma Defiance and serves as the Soccer Chaplains United Pacific Coast Chaplain Manager and our conversation has centered around the two devotional books that we worked on — for the recent World Cups and the subsequent revisions.







June 2024 marks our release of the revision of last year’s Five Women You Meet in Faith and Football. With new artwork and a more timeless feel, Jubal and I look back on that devotional and the work done on both devos and how the art moved or spoke to us.







Jubal and I also play a fun game of Crosses with Rev! It’s debatable whether he attempted to slow the pace down…all good fun, though!







From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).







Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

June is the start of a very busy soccer season — international friendlies, the Euros, readying for the summer Olympics, as well as the various leagues throughout the U.S. Today on the podcast, I am joined by Jubal McDaniel. Jubal is the volunteer chaplain for the Tacoma Defiance and serves as the Soccer Chaplains United Pacific Coast Chaplain Manager.







Jubal and I take a look back at the devotional books that we worked on — one for the 2022 Men’s World Cup and one for the 2023 Women’s World Cup. With the revision of Five Women You Meet in Faith and Football coming out this month, we reflect back on the artwork and graphic design and layout help that Jubal provided for the two devotionals.







And in part 2 (next week), Jubal and I play a fun game of Crosses with Rev! You won’t want to miss it.







From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).







Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

Perhaps one of the most difficult, anxiety-producing spaces for us in life is trying to make decisions about the future — how do we know where to go, what to do, what choice to make? What is the will of God for our life? With the end of the month of May and this being “Mental Health Awareness” Month, we are in a series which is exploring how Christian faith addresses mental health.







Today we look at Romans 12:1-2 and the renewed mind which seeks to understand God’s will — His good, pleasing, and perfect will. There’s a bit of a two-step process in understanding what God’s will is and we look at this more in depth in this week’s podcast.







From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).







Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

Today’s podcast is part 2 of an interview with the Founder and Director of the Rocky Mountain Sports Counseling Center, Brooke Ewert. Brooke formerly led Soccer Chaplains United’s counseling efforts, but has since turned her attention to growing RMSCC and her counseling team who serve athletes of all levels. The Rocky Mountain Sports Counseling Center is a place we often make referrals for athletes and families to get the support and health that they need.







Today we talk about that state of mental health awareness and support in sport, the top issues facing athletes, and Brooke joins in a fun little game of Crosses with Rev.







From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).







Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.

Founder and Director of the Rocky Mountain Sports Counseling Center, Brooke Ewert, is a guest on the podcast today. During the month of May, we’ve been examining faith as helping someone’s mental health. Brooke, formerly was part of Soccer Chaplains United and oversaw a number of counselors that were serving and supporting soccer teams and soccer athletes.







The Rocky Mountain Sports Counseling Center has been featured in several little commercials this past month and is a great place of referral for athletes and families of athletes to get the support and health that they need.







Today’s podcast is part 1 of 2 and we talk about Brooke’s background and experience and the work that she and her team do in addressing mental health needs in sport.







From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).







Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.