Seems to me that I remember in high school (a small town public school in upstate NY), the local Catholic priests attended ALL home athletic events, wearing their collars.
People talk about evangelism alot nowadays, and spew about their personal relationship with various manifestations of the Deity. For the most part, it's off-putting if not downright repulsive.
What those padres did was EVANGELISM.
Thursday, February 22, 2007
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Tuesday, February 6, 2007
National Football League versus God
Well, it's been in the news now. The National Football League has informed churches that intend to show the Super Bowl (TM) at their church that they will be prosecuted for copyright infringement.
No, it doesn't make any difference whether admission is charged, or that the activity is not-for-profit.
Unless you are a sports bar (the NFL much prefers bars to churches, evidently) you simply cannot show the Super Bowl (TM) at your church.
Why is this on a blog about kids and church and sports? Because it's about a belief that the sports business establishment wants to encourage in the wider community that sports (at least professional sports watched by couch potatoes) are cool, but that churches are NOT cool -- especially churches that see that sports and kids and church can all fit in the same sentence.
Why do they want to do this?
The answer appears to be simple: it's all about money.
Money that goes into a collection plate does not go to line the pockets of the professional sports business establishment. Kids who are doing sports at their church are not spending money on being more proficient couch potatoes.
What's the best way to fight these greedy folks?
(1) Remember what Jesus said about how easy it is for a rich man to enter heaven. And pray for the NFL and its stooges and lackeys.
(2) Encourage active, participatory sports -- especially for kids -- at your own house of worship.
(3) And do NOT show the Super Bowl (TM) at your church next year (or in your own living room, for that matter).
No, it doesn't make any difference whether admission is charged, or that the activity is not-for-profit.
Unless you are a sports bar (the NFL much prefers bars to churches, evidently) you simply cannot show the Super Bowl (TM) at your church.
Why is this on a blog about kids and church and sports? Because it's about a belief that the sports business establishment wants to encourage in the wider community that sports (at least professional sports watched by couch potatoes) are cool, but that churches are NOT cool -- especially churches that see that sports and kids and church can all fit in the same sentence.
Why do they want to do this?
The answer appears to be simple: it's all about money.
Money that goes into a collection plate does not go to line the pockets of the professional sports business establishment. Kids who are doing sports at their church are not spending money on being more proficient couch potatoes.
What's the best way to fight these greedy folks?
(1) Remember what Jesus said about how easy it is for a rich man to enter heaven. And pray for the NFL and its stooges and lackeys.
(2) Encourage active, participatory sports -- especially for kids -- at your own house of worship.
(3) And do NOT show the Super Bowl (TM) at your church next year (or in your own living room, for that matter).
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