Our culture worships the athlete and the sports star. This worship is demonstrated each week as thousands gather in their shrines, temples and churches of sport to heap praise upon their chosen deity. Couple this with the outlandish salaries and out-of-sight tickets prices and it is clear to see that we have created an obvious lack of priorities in our land. A place where a teacher makes a few thousands dollars a year to educate the minds of children and a football player earns multi-millions for catching a football and doing a funky dance.
However, I still love sports. I love the conflict, the skill, the mental toughness, and the stories that come out of it when people embrace what sport and competition is all about. Case in point is a story written by Rick Reilly over at ESPN.com called, "Outpouring of Faith." Take a moment and read it...maybe even with a tissue nearby . You will be glad that you did.
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Sports, also, has done more to bring about integration than any other social dynamic--isn't it funny how the Spirit of God moves sometimes?
Not to mention the others they lead a stray when they make wrong or harmful choices.
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