McCaskey's Poems About the Gospel

Patrick McCaskey's Poems About the Gospel has "hit the streets." If you have seen Pat's live presentations, you know he is a gifted creative writer and he often recites his work. Pat's Poems About the Gospel includes 150 works that focus on specific writings of the Evangelists: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John. Each poem zeroes in one or more critical truths. I like to think the poems are faith distilled in only Pat's way of doing it. McCaskey is a humble and humorous man and that certainly comes out in his poems.  

The works in Poems About the Gospel are often surprising and humorous. They are the works of a modern man whose faith in one that is as alive today as ever regardless of the directions taken in today's often faithless culture. Truth comes out in the end and McCaskey demonstrates a faith  that is strong and secure. And Pat does very little without a sense of humor, so here or there in the poems readers will find a laugh, often the self deprecating variety. 

Sporting Chance Press Publishes McCaskey's Fifth Sports and Faith Book in 2020

In 2020,  Americans fought hard times. It was an uphill climb and is still going on this month as we are seeing plans to start administering vaccines for the general public to defeat the Coronavirus. It was a pleasure to publish four books at Sporting Chance Press this year and those efforts kept me close to home. 

Our first book this year was Sportsmanship, which was our fifth book in the Sports and Faith Series. Author Patrick McCaskey, Vice President of the Chicago Bears, lives a life that is one of sports and faith. Working with the Chicago Bears Football Club, managing programs that honor exemplary players and coaches, participating in charitable events and programs that give back to the community, and much more are all part of Pat's existence. I can't think of anyone better to write about sports and faith than Pat. 

Besides stories of players, coaches, and contests, Sportsmanship includes a literary portion that features a section on the author's favorite authors, a collection of his Biblical-inspired poems, and a collection of speeches that he has given over the years. Certainly, those who have seen McCaskey in person these past many years will find these works a valuable keepsake.

Who is author Pat McCaskey? McCaskey is a grandson of Papa Bear George Halas, a brother of Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey, and son of the guiding spirit of the Bears today, Virginia McCaskey.  McCaskey has been working for the Bears for over 45 years and he is the Chairman of Sports Faith International and Catholic Radio WSFI. 

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