Thomas Wurtz – författare

The opportunities that exist for Christian athletes are amazing. The potential to leave a lasting impact is overwhelming. The challenge is to stay focused on what ultimately matters: a vibrant relationship with God. Faith and sports are an invaluable tandem that sometimes fall off balance. Compete Inside offers athletes reflections, relevant Scripture passages, and piercing questions to help them develop their faith and integrate it into their athletic life. Nothing can be more valuable than investing in your faith.

These reflections inspire the athlete to put first what should be first: our faith and trust in Christ. Awesome!

Philip Rivers, 11 year NFL Veteran Quarterback, 5 time Pro Bowler

As athletes, we allow ourselves to be vulnerable. We put our performance out there for all the world to evaluate. We have high highs and low lows. Because of this, sports are more than physical competition or mental challenges. It becomes a spiritual journey. We all know the importance of focus in athletics. This book will help keep you focused on the most important thing, and assist you in leaving a meaningful legacy that lasts far beyond your playing days.

Matt Birk, 15 year NFL Veteran, Super Bowl Champion, and 2011 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year

This book is an excellent resource for all athletes striving to excel in their sport and live a life for Christ! It is highly relatable to the highs and low that athletes face and speaks the truth of Gods love and mercy.

Kristen ONeill, Associate Head Womens Basketball Coach at Seattle University, former WNBA, FIBA, and Division I athlete

This book will serve as a road map to help us give God back the glorynot to strive to have him on our team, but to one day cross home plate with the winning run and be on his team. In society, sometimes we glorify athletes more than a man that died on a cross. It can create an EGO (Edging God Out). These great reflections help us bring God back into the mix.

Tony Robichaux, Head Baseball Coach, University of Louisiana Lafayette

As a Catholic man, you are designed with a unique calling.

You are meant to guard and protect the most significant things in life, even to death. This calling is difficult. The only hope in achieving it, with the grace of God, is to live in true freedom.

In Pursuing Freedom: Becoming the Man You Could Be, Thomas Wurtz challenges Catholic men to find this freedom by embracing eight essential characteristics: the acknowledgement of the spiritual realm, a life of self-control, magnanimity, humility, resilience, surrender, commitment to mission, and, most of all, love. As you pursue these eight attributes, you will begin to achieve the freedom necessary to fully live the profound calling given to you. In this, you can become the man God made you to be.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Thomas Wurtz is the founder and director of Varsity Catholic, a division of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) that works with college athletes. He has been involved in the formation of hundreds of men that have served as FOCUS missionaries. Wurtz is a graduate of Benedictine College and the Augustine Institute. He was selected as a delegate for the inaugural Sport at the Service of Humanity Conference at the Vatican. He is the author of Compete Inside: 100 Reflections to Help you Become the Complete Athlete and hosts the website www.FaithandAthletics.com.

Sa’d ad-Din Taftazani is regarded as one of the most influential authors in 14th century Islamic intellectual history. His writings were long consulted in the training of religious scholars. This volume examines Taftazani’s works with regard to philosophical influences and internal theological debates.