Faith & Life Inspirational Message

Yesterday was Super Sunday.  In fact, it was Super Sunday XLIX.  I went to our Recreation Center where I saw a bunch of college students…mostly junior and senior athletes on my campus.  As I looked out over their young faces, I realized they never knew life without professional football’s Super Sunday.  In their lives there has always been a Super Bowl!  I think they were a little stunned when I told them I remembered a time in American history when there was no Super Bowl!  Of course, that makes me at least 48 years old!  In fact, it is a little difficult for me to remember those days.  But I do recall (I think) the third Super Bowl (III).  That was the year Joe Namath, quarterback for the New York Jets, prophetically called the victory over the Baltimore Colts, the heavy favorite.  More than anything, that probably made the Super Bowl what it was to become. Yesterday each thirty-second commercial cost $4,000,000!  That bl...

I was asked to speak at my friend’s church.   It was not the first time I have done that, but each time is special.   It’s something I can do for him and I like doing things for friends.   Who does not like doing things for friends?   It does not cost me anything but some time and effort.   And it does not cost him anything.   It’s a gift---a gift of talent and friendship.               The theme of the day was Receive My Blessing.   I did not have to focus on that, but it seemed like an appropriate thing to do.   As I began to think about it, my mind wandered in any number of directions.   It was obvious to me that the key idea was the notion of blessing.   I laughed when I thought that blessing is not something that plays much of a role in our culture except when someone sneezes!             It always amazes me ...