Not being a great sports fan myself, I have to rely upon others to help me with the sports imagery in writing about the topic above.  In this case, I want to call upon evangelist Tom Skinner to flesh out the metaphor which gives us the title for this chapter and which helps us to understand the mission and purpose of the Church.  He writes, In football we have what is called the huddle.  We have only 25 seconds in the huddle.  If you stay longer than 25 seconds, you are penalized five yards for delay of game because they want you to spend more time playing the game than in the huddle.  And the only responsibility of the huddle is to call the next play.  The huddle is where strategy is made.  And then you go out and hit the line.  The majority of time is spent playing the game.

He goes on …