sports
COMMENTARY: A heart is a terrible thing to waste
By Cathleen Falsani — June 24, 2009
(UNDATED) The hole in Vasco Sylvester’s heart isn’t there anymore. In a three-hour operation on June 10, surgeons at Hope Children’s Hospital outside Chicago, using a piece of white Gore-Tex, patched the quarter-size hole that had been there since Vasco was born. The doctors also removed an extra membrane between the top and bottom chambers […]
Hockey as religion? Many Canadians think so.
By Tracy Gordon — May 28, 2009
TORONTO (RNS) May the puck be with you. And also with you. Hockey as religion? Many Canadians wouldn’t argue that their hard-core fandom borders on religious fervor. Even when they don’t bring home the holy grail of the Stanley Cup, storied teams like the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens still attract the faithful. Likening […]
Promise Keepers invites women to 2009 gathering
By Adelle M. Banks — April 22, 2009
(RNS) Promise Keepers, the evangelical ministry known for its focus on making men better fathers and husbands, is inviting women for the first time to its main 2009 conference, the ministry announced. “This year we are calling men to bring the women in their lives,” founder and chairman Bill McCartney announced Monday (April 20). “To […]
CREW files Brownback complaint
By Kevin Eckstrom — February 26, 2009
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a nonpartisan good-government group, filed a Senate ethics complaint against Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) over the use of faux Senate letterhead in a fundraising letter on behalf a conservative Catholic group.
Return to sender?
By Kevin Eckstrom — February 26, 2009
National Catholic Reporter has received a fundraising letter lambasting liberal Catholics and bearing Kansas Senator Sam Brownback’s signature. The letter’s from Catholic Advocate, a conservative Washington-based group. The undated Brownback letter names many prominent Catholic Democrats and accuses them of abandoning the Catholic faith in their support for The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA). Moneyquote: […]
Big game mixes faith and football
By Daniel Burke — January 28, 2009
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.
Tebow 3:16
By Kevin Eckstrom — January 9, 2009
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; it will pass.) Bill Lobdell saw it, and […]
Beer and baseball (via the AP)
By Daniel Burke — October 25, 2008
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, Rachel Zoll explores […]
Are all worthy?
By Daniel Burke — October 25, 2008
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 members-only sacrament, is increasingly being opened to any willing participant, including the nonbaptized, the […]
Jewish author says year with Jesus restored his faith
By Kristen Campbell — October 15, 2008
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 markedly different from most (unless, of course, you too are […]
Curtains for the cathedral
By Daniel Burke — September 23, 2008
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, and there are […]
COMMENTARY: Gilded Ages hide shallow values
By Tom Ehrich — July 9, 2008
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 relentless congestion. We have tickets to minor-league baseball […]
‘Hebrew Boys’ divine finance called $80 million scam
By Kevin Eckstrom — June 23, 2008
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, court documents show.
NBA finals part of a spiritual journey for Lakers coach
By Daniel Burke — June 12, 2008
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’ll get into the game,” Jackson said, […]
Holding on to football and his faith
By Kevin Eckstrom — June 11, 2008
“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. âÂ?¦ 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.”
