Praise the Lord and Pass the Football

Next Sunday, we rededicate ourselves to the proposition that football is America. The commercial enterprise, humbly termed by Pete Rozelle as “The Super Bowl,” features orchestrated violence, women in short skirts and creative advertising designed to make us all eager consumers. Many prayers will be said between now and then in the hope and anticipation that divine intervention will steer the fates towards our favored team. This combination — all scheduled for the Lord’s Day — is our contribution to modern culture.

The Super Bowl this year features two extraordinary quarterbacks and 52 other players on each squad prepared to do battle. Both teams count on God’s support, and the victory will be His. That is somewhat confusing, however. I did not know God took sides in a football game.

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