Conversations: Matthew Slater, a Super Bowl champ with his eye on higher things, retires from football
In an interview which took place before his retirement announcement this week, BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service speaks with NFL player Matthew Slater about his career, his faith and his plans for the future…
Breaking: Gunfire mars Kansas City Super Bowl victory rally, one killed, up to 15 wounded
Reuters A blast of gunfire killed one person and wounded as many as 15 outside a landmark railroad station in Kansas City, Missouri, where the NFL champion Chiefs were celebrating their Super Bowl victory, sending crowds of fans scurrying for safety. Police Chief Stacey Graves told a press conference that two suspects were in custody. […]
NFL: Damar Hamlin put prayer in football back in the spotlight
As the US prepares to watch the Super Bowl, ROB MAADDI, of Associated Press, looks at how Damar Hamlin’s on-field collapse sparked an outpouring of prayer across the nation…
These US Catholic nuns are raised up on Eagles’ wings
United StatesRNS Sister Margaret Fagan, principal of St Aloysius Academy for Boys in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, a half hour west of downtown Philadelphia, is so sure the local team will win the Super Bowl on Sunday that she’s already designated Monday a school holiday. Fagan’s decision to give the kids an extra day off isn’t […]
“He Gets Us”: $US100 million ad campaign wants to fix Jesus’ image. His followers remain a problem
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, that the ‘He Gets Us’ campaign, which hopes to rescue the message of Jesus from the misdeeds of Christians, will expand in the months leading up to the Super Bowl…
SIGHT-SEEING: THE FOUR LOVES (OF NEW YORK LIFE)
In an article first published on Religion News Service, Rev TIM SCHENCK – an Episocopal rector and author of ‘Holy Grounds: The Surprising Connection Between Coffee and Faith’, reflects on the meaning of agape love in light of a Super Bowl commercial this week…
ESSAY: PATRIOTS “CHARACTER COACH” JACK EASTERBY JOINS LONG TRADITION OF CHAPLAINS
Against the backdrop of the Super Bowl in the US (being played as we publish this article), PAUL PUTZ, in an article first published by Religion News Service, looks at how “character coach” Jack Easterby has made a difference as a chaplain at the New England Patriots…
Fighting sex trafficking with soap at the US Super Bowl
Thomson Reuters Foundation Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, tens of thousands of unaccompanied men will arrive in Atlanta to schmooze and be schmoozed, but most of all to party. That brings sex trafficking to the top of the agenda for US authorities such as the Atlanta Police Department and the FBI, and for smaller organisations […]
SIGHT-SEEING: SUPER BOWL 2018 – GOD IS WATCHING
With Super Bowl LII to be held in the US next Sunday, US columnist RICHARD MOUW reflects on God’s view of sport…
LIFE’S TOUGH QUESTIONS: DOES GOD CARE WHO WINS?
Last weekend’s Super Bowl in the US saw the New England Patriots overcome the Atlanta Falcons in what has been described as the greatest comeback in the event’s history. Against that backdrop, ED USZYNSKI, in an article first published on the Athletes in Action website, reflects on whether God really cares about the outcome of sporting […]