A reader sent in a link to a post at the Redeeming Prufrock blog about a moving moment during the Masters golf tournament last weekend. Athletes commonly shout out possibly-sincere “thanks” to God for their athletic victories, but there was something different about the way golfer Zach Johnson spoke briefly about his faith:

...living this life of relationship with Christ meant that Zach could not help but share the Gospel with the watching world. On Sunday, he told the truth, that the stregnth for his victory came from the presence of his Jesus. Certainly this ruffled some feathers. CBS refused to ask a follow-up question concerning Zach’s faith, and many of the aforementioned “USA Today” readers responded negatively. Yet for Zach, no other way seemed possible. He answered the question honestly, and in doing so, tactfully told the world about the goodness of God in his life. If you will permit me another dirty word often deserving of a technical foul, he evangelized.

How I often try to hide Christ’s glory when I refuse to articulate his work in my life. How I often say that I am “lucky” when God’s grace, and certainly not luck, sustains me. How I often hinder people from seeing how great God is when I balk at giving the deserving credit to him.

I know absolutely nothing about golf, so I didn’t see Johnson’s statement, but it sounds like a powerful moment. Good further commentary at the Redeeming Prufrock blog; read the whole thing.