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Big game mixes faith and football
This year many players on both teams preparing for Sunday's Super Bowl aren't hesitating to invoke the name of God as they prepare to play a violent game where there will be no mercy shown on either side.
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Tebow 3:16
You may have seen Florida quarterback Tim Tebow with "John" and "3:16" painted in white on the black eye paint during Thursday's night BCS Championship show-down with Oklahoma. (Wow-I *almost* sound like I know what I'm talking about when it comes to football just then. Don't worry; i...
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Beer and baseball (via the AP)
Like Homer Simpson, I have two abiding loves in my life (besides, of course, my family). They are beer and baseball.
The Associated Press was nice enough to oblige me with two fun pieces last week.
In the first, Eric Gorksi finds God at the Great American Beer Festival.
In the second,...
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Are all worthy?
A growing number of mainline Protestant churches -especially liberal dioceses in the Episcopal Church- are offering Communion to anyone who wants it, reports the Boston Globe's Michael Paulson.
Excerpt: "Communion, the central ritual of most Christian worship services and long a membe...
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Jewish author says year with Jesus restored his faith
c. 2008 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) Jesus, many Christians might tell you, saved their lives.
Benyamin Cohen, founder and editor of American Jewish Life and Jewsweek, credits the carpenter with helping to save his faith.
At first glance, you might think Cohen's story would be mark...
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Curtains for the cathedral
It's trite but true: the one constant in life is change. Friends move away, hairs grow gray, stadiums are torn down. Change itself is not a problem, the Buddha said, it's the reluctance to let things go that causes suffering in our lives.
Still, we carry with us traces of our youth, a...
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COMMENTARY: Gilded Ages hide shallow values
Like many Americans in this recession, my family is planning a "stay-cation" this summer. That means enjoy an area we rarely have time to explore during busy work weeks, take small adventures, and avoid the multi-whammy of high gasoline prices, rising air fares, absurd hotel rates and...
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‘Hebrew Boys’ divine finance called $80 million scam
By the time authorities moved in, at least 7,000 investors from two-dozen states had handed over $80 million. But barely any of it was invested - less than $40,000, according to state and federal officials - while the three men bought a jet, luxury cars and tickets to football games,...
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NBA finals part of a spiritual journey for Lakers coach
c. 2008 Religion News Service
(UNDATED) It was the second game of the NBA finals on Sunday night (June 8) and Phil Jackson's Los Angeles Lakers were losing badly.
A sideline reporter asked the veteran coach how his team could mount a comeback against the vaunted Boston Celtics.
``We'l...
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Holding on to football and his faith
"Bottom line is that every year, God makes a way for me to make an impact," Tyree says. "All I can do is go out and compete. … I guess I'm not the prototype receiver. But I'm a football player. If you ask me to do a job, I'm going to get it done."
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