Reflection: Week 1 [Wednesday]

Today is my birthday. Really. Just wanted to mention it in case someone wanted to buy me a soda or something. Alright... let's move on.

Something that Professor Bolger mentioned during Monday's class stuck with me until today. He quoted a teacher of his who claimed [I'm paraphrasing] that sports have replaced faith in today's culture. In one group of friends back home in Seattle, this thought is spot on.


We have each sworn allegiance to an NFL franchise, adopted a Barclay's English Premier League club, gather weekly to play video games of various sports and even have fantasy leagues to feed our sports addictions now. As if real sports weren't enough. Of course, I'm not without guilt myself, sporting a Seahawks jersey on Sunday's, an admitted scouse aligned with Liverpool FC, and multiple time fantasy league champion in fantasy baseball, basketball and football.

It is both fitting and scandalous that Sundays are now seen as most people's favorite day of the week. Not because they have an opportunity to worship God in a community of believers... but because of the weekly match-ups in modern cathedrals called stadiums.