Christine Caine: God’s Not Looking for ‘Christian Heroes’

Christine Caine can trace one of her biggest revelations about faith back to the 2000 Summer Olympics. Watching the U.S. women’s 4×100 relay team, she noticed how a single mistake in the exchange zone — a fumbled baton — cost them the gold. Four years later, another botched handoff got them disqualified.It struck her as more than a sports failure. It was a spiritual one, too.“It didn’t matter how fast each individual runner was running,” she says. “And it didn’t even matter that you were wi