Gabe James
Episode 382
1 JUNE 2026
(Caution: sad testimony shared by this guest) He is a goalie for the Lake Michigan College Red Hawks, having also played club soccer for the (Premier 1) Force Shockwave. In high school he not only was a two-year varsity starter but two-time team captain, two-time Team MVP, two-time 1st Team All-Conference, and also earned 1st Team All-County and 1st Team All-Region honors. Along the way he set the school record for most saves in a game and most saves in a career. He was also a part of the football and basketball teams in high school.
Notable guest quotes:
“I went to my Catholic school, Saint Margaret’s, from preschool all the way through eighth grade to when I graduated. It was very prominent. My mom was very big on us being Catholic. As soon as I could I started altar serving.”
“I altar served from right after communion – so, like, second grade – all the way up to my senior year in high school.”
“By the time I hit around seventh, eighth grade, soccer just started to kind of emerge as the one that I was most enjoying. I found the people I liked the most there and… soccer really just moved my love for the sport, and it just made me want to keep playing it.”
“I would say if it’s a pretty like down and back game it’s a little harder to pray but if it’s a slow game, there’s times I’ve caught myself just asking God to help me stay active and present in the moment and that when an opportunity comes for me to do what I have to do that He helps me to make the save that I have to make.”
“Before every single game our captain would huddle us up into a circle and we would say a prayer to the Lord.”
“We would say some prayers in the car, we would say the rosary. We would just find a way to be able to still praise God on His holy day.”
“I had so many people around me that made it so much easier for me and made it just impossible to leave my faith and they helped me to understand that, the trials that you go through, you’ll get broken down but there’s always a way back up and that you’re never gonna be truly alone.”
“You have to be willing to be able to keep your faith strong, keep your life strong, keep believing in God.”
“God isn’t going to let you sit there in sorrow because you’re His son or His daughter and that would pain Him to see that. So, He’s going to help you recover.”
“It’s so nice to see so many young kids be willing to give up a week of their summer and to just go down and give up their time, their efforts, their hard work, and to just give to these other people, knowing that they’re less fortunate than them but that doesn’t make them any less human we are.”
“In the end my faith is what I see is one of the most important things in my life because if I lose my faith I, honestly, I lose who I think I am as a person.”
Related link:
Gabe’s bio on Lake Michigan College Red Hawks website