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Forget the primaries. Here in D.C., the big news is that Joe Gibbs resigned and retired as head coach and leader of the Washington Redskins. The Washington Post played its boxed collection of Gibbs URLs above the New Hampshire coverage this morning. Mercy, talk about a clash in local religions.
I’m sure you are all as excited as I am about today’s New Hampshire Primary. However, it is interesting how the media coverage of the religious angles in the race has more or less dropped off after Iowa.
On the TV right now, Chris Collingsworth of NBC is talking about the Washington Redskins and the belief among the players that they are playing in honor of the late superstar Sean Taylor and that he is still with them.
One of the many reasons why I am not the world’s best reporter is that I like to ruminate on events for a while before I write about them. In a 24-hour news business, this is not the best trait.
While I am not trying to turn this into a sports blog, we are in the bowls and playoff session — a series of secular holy days — and the topics keep coming up. Thus, I spend a really interesting hour the other day on the telephone with Washington Post sportswriter Kathy Orton, who will, apparently, be writing an ongoing feature at the “On Faith” weblog called “Praying Fields.”
For political junkies like myself, tonight’s Iowa caucuses is kind of like the first day of Christmas. Finally, after so much waiting, we finally get to find out what is in those political Christmas presents.
At a time when elections in other countries lead to assassinations and rioting, it is sobering how relatively peaceful election battles in the United States are. Yesterday’s news that post-election violence in Kenya led to the deaths of as many as 275 people and included the torching of a church where people had sought shelter was particularly sobering.
If you are a fan of ultra-low-budget sports movies that are made by Southern Baptist pastors with the help of a handful of pro techies, then you may remember the whole “Facing the Giants” story back in 2006.
The Washington Post acknowledged yesterday that contrary to its pronunciation 14 years ago, evangelicals are not “easily led.”
