Mark Dungan- Sacred Place in Sports

When I first came into class, I didn't know what to expect. I thought it was going to be more of learning about big named national parks such as Yellowstone; I wasn't expecting there to be such a religious side to the class. At first I believed a sacred place would be something such as Mecca for Muslims. After reading the first couple chapters in Lane's Sacred Place book, my belief of a sacred place has changed. When learning about the four axioms, I partially agree and also disagree with them. I feel that just about any place can be considered sacred just as long as it has some special meaning to someone. Sure the sterotypical sacred place would be somewhere that people come to have a religious expierence for but since I started playing hockey when I was 6 years old, I consider the ice rink to be my sacred place. For the past 14 years, I have spent atleast 3 to 5 days out of every week in the ice rink. For many families, every Saturday and Sunday, they were in the rink all day and night watching hockey games. I feel that any place can be transformed into a sacred place as long as it has a specific meaning.