Athletes In Action

Winnipeg Blue Bombers Punter Mike Renaud was awarded the 2013 Athletes in Action (AIA) Gord Barwell Award at the AIA Pro Athletes/Chaplains Conference on Saturday May 3 in Cochrane, Alberta. The Gord Barwell Award is presented each year to a CFL player who exhibits exemplary Christian conduct and leadership both on and off of the field. The award is named after legendary receiver, the late Gord Barwell of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, who helped establish the ministry of Athletes in Action...To Row or Not To RowView All The world of professional sport is foreign to most of us who only see a flash of athletic brilliance every now and then on the television screen. But the truth is, sport consumes so much of an athlete's life. Often, sport is a joy, as the rush of competition redeems seemingly endless hours of training and practice. And for the many Christian athletes who spend years in pursuit of their dreams, there is both opportunity and temptation: the chance to glorify God in sport, and the risk of it becoming...Running with Polar BearsView All Some people swim with dolphins