Jesus First

Prior to Super Bowl XLV, over 120 relgious gathered in Tewksbury, Massachusetts to hear Sr. Barbara Metz whittle down the Consecrated Life to its bare essentials: putting Jesus First and anwering his call to "be with him." It was a simple yet powerful affirmation of the Consecrated Life. In a similar vain, I found a series of interviews at http://www.spiritdaily.com/, "Super Bowl Players" talk about God, with many of the players we watched embattled in the Super Bowl game say the same thing. One would not expect to hear these professional football players describe how they have come to learn that putting Jesus First is what to them really matters. Both Greg Jennings and Mike Tomlin affirmed that who they are comes from faith, but what they do is play football. Even "Big Ben," whose recent behaviors have not been exemplary, said that in returning to the roots of the faith in which he was raised, he hopes that he will continue to turn his life in the right direction and someday become a happy, husband, father and grandfather. If you want an early uplift, go to this site. Have your children watch it. They need to hear such testimony as they strive to find out what it means to lead a good life, and so do we, for that matter. In your families, you are striving to teach these values, and so are we at Central, but sometimes hearing it from professional athletes helps reinforce our lessons, or might even have more impact.
Bro. Rene