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Kyle Porter

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Born

in Tulsa, OK, The United States

Website

https://anormalsport.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Sports

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Tim Keller, Andrew Peterson, Chuck Klosterman, Bill Simmons, Brian Phi ...more

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I'm a writer and a creator. Currently I cover golf for Normal Sport, which means a lot of different things depending on the day. Coverage of the modern game includes columns, podcasts some on-camera work and, of course, Twitter. It's the last of these that helped produce my books, Normal Sport 1, 2, 3 and -- more recently -- The Weight of Rory.

Golf, from my viewpoint, is so often a way to worship God. For an earth rich with unique contours and teeming with subtle beauty that I get to travel to and see so very often. And for a game that has been, from the very beginning, probably the most relational of any sport ever created. What good gifts those are, and how rarely do I consider them, much less praise God for their creation.

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Average rating: 4.69 · 141 ratings · 15 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Normal Sport by Kyle Porter (Goodreads Author), Jason Page (Illustrator) 4.69 avg rating — 58 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Normal Sport 2: An illustrated collection of all the bizarre, amazing golf moments of 2022 by Kyle Porter (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Jason Page (Illustrator), Brendan Porath (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 48 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Normal Sport 3 by Kyle Porter (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Jason Page (Illustrator) 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Weight of Rory 4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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From Eden to Egypt: A Guided Tour of Genesis

by Alex Duke

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Raising Passionate Jesus Followers: The Power of Intentional Parenting

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What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies

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