tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919739073150068939.post1621644264971457473..comments2024-01-15T22:50:33.776-06:00Comments on the patience of trees: Are Professional Sports the Liturgy of the Empire?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919739073150068939.post-50999937109243996552024-01-08T00:07:57.144-06:002024-01-08T00:07:57.144-06:00Public figures often maintain lifestyles that alig...Public figures often maintain lifestyles that align with their earnings, which could involve elements like luxury purchases, travel, social engagements, and philanthropic activities. However, without current data, it's challenging to provide specific details about Albee Al's lifestyle in 2024.<br /><br />To learn more about <a href="https://tycoonsnetworth.com/albee-al-net-worth/" rel="nofollow">albee al lifestyle</a> current lifestyle, recent interviews, social media updates, or features in magazines or online publications might offer insights into his day-to-day activities, interests, and how he navigates his personal and professional life. seomozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00538565084247667882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919739073150068939.post-8695882496272655222012-10-24T13:16:12.457-05:002012-10-24T13:16:12.457-05:00Thanks for the thoughts, Karl. You've got me t...Thanks for the thoughts, Karl. You've got me thinking. I especially appreciate the connection to Sam Wells and the "fixed" game with God. I think immediately of the perpetually victorious Harlem Globetrotters and confess I would need to do more research (i.e., attend more games). My gut, following SW, is that our liturgical response would be enjoyment of God and God's creation. Also, it would jettison the superstitions of controlling outcomes that accompany so much sports liturgy (and church liturgy). <br /><br />One thought on the relationality encouraged through the media: to the extent that many of the soap-opera stories are contrived - even rivalries are often fictions played out by reporters and fans, not felt nearly as deeply by the players themselves - the resulting relationality is not simply a substitute for what feels like an unattainable personal connection with a celebrity; because the relationality is grounded in falsehood (not unlike gossip), it is not a relationality that can withstand the truth of personal connection. Which is simply one way to unpack your point. A relationality that is training in not being present to a person or a people is the worst kind of tragic. An anti-relationality??<br /><br />Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09443365190314386219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8919739073150068939.post-77481613831447911112012-10-24T12:47:58.484-05:002012-10-24T12:47:58.484-05:00A friend who loves soccer and follows the English ...A friend who loves soccer and follows the English teams through websites and magazine articles told me that the reporting is mostly relational, almost soap-operatic. Who's having domestic troubles, and who's having financial troubles, and how does it effect the game. And where do the rivalries lie in soccer itself, and how can those rivalries be spun into an interesting story. A whole industry exists to enhance sports by making them relational, and people do relate to sports figures, even without knowing them directly. It's just not the kind of relationality we feel very comfortable with. And for good reason. As you know, I've been reading Sam Wells, and was floored by this statement last night: "Christians can afford to fail, because they trust in Christ's victory and in God's ultimate sovereignty. Their faithful failures point all the more to their faith in their story and its author." Imagine a football game where we already knew who was going to win - who was always going to win. What would our role as fans be? What kind of liturgies would we enact? The relationship we want is the one with God, and its predetermined. Not very sporting, as they'd say in old English novels.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com