Becoming Noble

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Cultivating the Heroic Spirit

Cultivating the Heroic Spirit

How to find transcendence through sport

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Oct 14, 2023
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In Don’t Watch Sports, we discussed the weakening effect of being a passive observer of sports. Becoming noble requires stepping into the arena, and being unafraid to play.

But it is important to recognize that merely playing sport does not necessarily convey the full spectrum of virtue and spiritual experience that we seek. If we judge modern sport by …

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