College basketball referee Nate Harris on using his platform to share the Gospel
Sports Spectrum Podcast
Sports Spectrum
4.9 • 685 Ratings
🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Nate Harris is a division one college basketball referee. He started officiating as a junior in high school and worked his way up through high school and eventually college basketball where he currently works in the Pac-12, Mountain West, Big Sky and WAC.
In January of 2020, Nate and his wife Jessica, founded MND Ministries, where he is helping equip and disciples local referees in a relationship with God.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Nate Harris about representing Christ as a college basketball official and using the platform of a referee to help equip others in their faith.
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| 1:03.3 | Welcome into the Sports Spectrum podcast, where we bring Jesus into the sports spectrum conversation. |
| 1:06.4 | Here's your host for today, Jason Romano. |
| 1:08.9 | Hey guys, welcome to the show. |
| 1:09.6 | I am Jason. |
| 1:32.0 | This is the Sports Spectrum podcast, and I'm so grateful that we get to do what we get to do every single week here on Sports Spectrum's podcast, a couple times a week, bringing Jesus and keeping Jesus into the sports conversation, the intersection of sports and faith. You can find us at our website, sportspectrum.com, articles and devotionals and podcasts, |
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