#above the game podcast by Mike Vipperman
ABOVE the GAME podcast gives the listener an eternal perspective of FAITH through the lens of sports. ABOVE the GAME will feature coaches and athletes from our communities, sharing how faith has impacted their lives within athletics. It will also give a platform for coaches and athletes to express their FAITH and connect on a spiritual and personal level with others in the field pursuing a relationship with Jesus Christ. The podcast will be available on digital platforms! Thankful for another avenue to share the Gospel to lead every coach and athlete into a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and His Church.
Living our lives ABOVE the GAME must be done intentionally. Being intentional to walk in the Fear of the Lord and the Wisdom of Heaven will have an eternal impact that will ultimately affect our lives. Pray this blesses you and may the Holy Spirit continue to lead and guide you to all truth.
First Recording of 2024 and we Dive into JAMES chapter 1! We pray this is a blessing to you as we discuss how to embrace adversity! The truth is when we do it is an opportunity to come out the other side stronger with Jesus!
We added a new team player on ABove the Game and it is HUGE! Hall of Fame Coach Jim Bidewell will be apart of the ABOVE the GAME podcast family. We are super excited as we talk about Jesus and Sports in the episodes to come. This first one recorded together is a great introduction as we settle in and talk about Longevity and consistency in our faith and as a coach/athlete.
We hope you are as excited as we are about jumping into some new conservations about Faith and Sports. Let's live our lives ABOVE the Game as the Lord uses coaches and athletes to change the world for His glory.
In this episode on ABOVE the GAME we continue to explore the Power of Prayer and what we call our CORE 4 of PRAYER. We pray you are blessed and encouraged by this episode.
In this episode, we explore what the bible says about prayer and dive into conversations of some stories about the power of prayer in our lives. We pray this helps you on your Jesus Journey as you live your life Above the Game!
In our 2nd OVERTIME segment, we take a deeper look into the conversation with Coach Bidewell. What does it look like to be a Follower vs a Believer?
In this episode, we are honored to sit down with Coach Brandon Blankenship of the Risco Tigers! We hope and pray you take something away from this episode! Coach Blankenship is a Follower of Jesus Christ and is a passionate varsity coach for over 20 years. He is living his life ABOVE the GAME!
Overtime #1 dives into a conversation about the impact coaches truly make behind the scenes and the lifelong connections that are made. In this overtime, we revisit an episode from season one with Coach Brad Korn ( SEMO Men's Head Basketball Coach)! We pray you are encouraged by this topic and we would love to hear your story if you are willing to share! You can contact us at :
In this episode we jump right back into full conversation about what it looks like to live our lives ABOVE the GAME in regards to FAITH and SPORTS. We believe you will take away something to add to your GAME w/ Special Guest Coach Jim Bidewell from Portageville MO. Coach Bidewell is first and foremost a follower of Jesus Christ as well as a 5x State champion basketball coach and was inducted to the Missouri High School Basketball Hall of Fame.
We would thank EVERYONE that connected with season 1! We were absolutely blown away by the support and those that connected with the episodes. We would like to give a special thank you to all the coaches and guests that gave their time to record and share their stories.
This episode will bless you as we jump into conversation with Nick Grassi from Project 200 about Faith, Sports, Family and where the Lord has him today! Nick is a Husband, father as well as a former Southeast Missouri State football player and HS coach! He is living his life ABOVE the GAME and we pray this encourages you!
Episode 12 is the first of a 2 part interview that we believe will be full of nuggets you can take away to add to your game. Coach Tuke has been Southeast Missouri State University Head Mens Football coach for the past 8 seasons. You will enjoy this podcast as we discuss his Faith in Christ and how he injects that in to his everyday life. He is living life ABOVE the GAME!
This episode dives into a conversation with Coach Brad Korn. Coach Korn is the Head men's basketball coach at Southeast Missouri State University. This is great episode with some great takeaways. You wont want to miss what coach Korn shares about the "SUMMER of ANTS"! Hope you are blessed and are able to take something away and apply it to your game.
This episode we have a blast digging into the thought of making something an idol before the Lord. What is an Idol..... and what are some indicators something is becoming an idol in our Life. We hope you take something away from this as we dig into this topic.
Podcast Notes Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ny_bblzkNb7ZR7KyVeeC4qWzUPV0G55OF3y7SpdUnvs/edit?usp=sharing
This episode we bring on our FCA Area Director and take a look into the life and heart of (The Legend) Mike Litz. We had a blast discussing some vision/mission of FCA. Pray you enjoy and take something away from it!
In this episode, THE ROSTER is set and Coach Scott and myself (Coach Vipp) are off running on #ABOVE the GAME podcast! We scratch the surface of the purpose, mission, and goal of the podcast as we introduce Coach Darrin Scott as Co-Host. We touch on what does a "WIN" look like on and off the court in the game of LIFE! Thank you for connecting and pray you are encouraged to play #ABOVE the Game each day of your life w/ Jesus Christ!!
PROCESS - FOCUS - Knowing the WHY....
