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Food for Thought: Imago Dei

Living among Image bearers:

“It is a serious thing to live in a society of possible gods and goddesses, to remember that the dullest and most uninteresting person you talk to may one day be a creature which, if you saw it now, you would be strongly tempted to worship, or else a horror and a corruption such as you now meet, if at all, only in a nightmare. All day long we are, in some degree, helping each other to one or other of these destinations. It is in the light of these overwhelming possibilities, it is with the awe and the circumspection proper to them, that we should conduct all our dealings with one another, all friendships, all loves, all play, all politics. There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilization—these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals whom we joke with, work with, marry, snub, and exploit—immortal horrors or everlasting splendours.” ~ C. S. Lewis The Weight of Glory

Does this change the way we view our unbelieving mechanic?

Google, God & Tebow

Florida Gators quarterback Tim Tebow, the son of missionaries, recently used his platform as Heisman trophy and BCS National Championship winning quarterback for Gospel witness.

During last weeds BCS Championship game against the University of Oklahoma he wrote John 3:16 on his eye black.

Result:

According to World Net Daily, John 3:16 became the hottest search on Google that night.

Dungy Done...with Football that is

Tony Dungy, the first African American headcoach to win a superbowl, retired today as coach of the Indianapolis Colts.

He retired at 53 years young, in his prime and at the top of his profession. But Dungy, as a committed Christian, isn't retiring to the golf course or television booth. He's retiring to spend more time with his family and continue his prison ministry. He is the very definition of what a sports role model can and should be.

Pete Prisco, at CBS Sports described Dungy as the anti-Belichick, a coach who's character spoke louder than any ego ever could.

But it was Bob Kravitz of the IndyStar who might have put it best:

You remember the little things, the small gestures of humility and humanity and decency, the essence of Tony Dungy. Sure, there was the winning, lots and lots of winning, and of course there was the Super Bowl. But mixed in with all those big moments, those public moments, there were those small, private moments that spoke most eloquently to the man's stature...

...Simply, his NFL legacy will be that he won football games the right way. He won them while maintaining his humanity. He won them while insisting his players connected with their community.