Football – Red Letter Christians

Super Bowl 2018: God Will Be Watching

February 2, 2018

While I was not ready to endorse the idea that God actively determines who the winner will be, I did not accept the view of those of my theological colleagues who insisted that God stays rather aloof from what goes on in football games.

‘Because #MeToo Breaks My Heart, Makes Me Pissed as Hell’

Eugene Hung

October 18, 2017

Family and Parenting, General, Practical Justice, Women

There’s nothing I can do in this lifetime more sacred than working to stop violence against women and girls.

#NFLKneeldown: Leroy Barber on Fasting from Football

Margot Starbuck

October 13, 2017

General, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

NFL Kneeldown was my attempt, as a football fan, to voice my solidarity with the message that Colin Kaepernick was communicating: the lives of black people and people of color are not honored fully in this country.

Silent No More: How Women & People of Color are Changing U.S. Sports and Christianity

Angela Denker

October 6, 2017

Church Life, Politics, Practical Justice, Theology, Women

It's a verse that has served to silence not only women but also people of color and anyone who dares to challenge the ruling class of white, conservative, Christian evangelical men.

Prayer, Posture, and the Politics of Patriotism: Sunday School Edition

Khalid Smith

September 27, 2017

Family and Parenting, Politics, Practical Justice, Race

There is no one right way to praise, pray, or petition God. So long as our hearts are in the right place, our posture should reinforce and reflect our attitude

Why I’m Hanging Up My Football Jersey

Tom Kaden

September 8, 2017

General, Practical Justice, Theology

While I am moved to get off the sidelines today to speak out about the corruption in football, I am repeatedly tackled to identify every other area of depravity in which I need to step out of the sidelines and into the arena to proclaim a better way.

The Power and the Threat of Kneeling: Colin Kaepernick

Angela Denker

September 7, 2017

General, Practical Justice, Race, Theology

You want Kaepernick to go away, to stand up and salute the flag, and shut up because we can tolerate abuse of other human beings but we cannot tolerate being disrupted when we want to pretend that everything is OK.