The Sports Ministry Network is a project of Youth With a Mission England, a Christian ministry, and it reaches youth via cricket, soccer and other sports. Paul Baker is the network coordinator.

Christian Skaters International is an evangelical ministry that reaches out to young people in developing nations with skateboards, skateboard teachers, demonstrations and camps. The ministry is based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Snowboarders and Skiers for Christ USA is a national Christian ministry that partners with local churches in the U.S. to focus on youth. The national office is in Dillon, Colo., but there are offices all around the nation, which it breaks down into four regions. The ministry has overseas branches in New Zealand, Switzerland, Japan, […]

The Way is a Christian ministry to youth via sports camps in Europe. It is based in Fort Gibson, Okla.

The Rev. John Gibson is an associate pastor serving at St. Dominic Catholic Parish in Brookfield, Wis. A story about how his love for soccer and the church combined in his call appeared in the April 17, 2014, edition of the Catholic Herald.

Chad Gibbs is the author of God and Football: Faith and Fanaticism in the SEC. He is based in Alabama, and can be contacted through his website.

Hugh Poland is the author of two Christian devotionals on baseball, including Intentional Walk. He is a writer and music minister in Houston.

The Library of Tibetan Works and Archives, founded by the Dalai Lama in Dharamshala, India, is considered one of the most important libraries and institutions of Tibetan works in the world. It was first established to house manuscripts carried out of Tibet when refugees escaped to India. The library now includes major collections of artifacts, […]

Jeff Wilson is an associate professor of religious studies and East Asian studies at the University of Waterloo. He focuses on the interaction of Buddhism and various aspects of North American culture and published Mindful America: The Mutual Transformation of Buddhist Meditation and American Culture in 2014.