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Wimbledon and the World Cup. July provides a feast for sports’ fans.
I’m sorry if you were hoping that Pew News would be a World Cup free zone but your indulgence once every four years is not too much to ask!
I’m sorry if you were hoping that Pew News would be a World Cup free zone but your indulgence once every four years is not too much to ask!
Tennis and football. Two very different sports. Football is not a game that can be played on your own as if it is something solitary. Tennis is entirely different. It is you against the world and the game is played as much in the mind as it is on the court. Football depends upon co-operation with other people. Upon team-work.
We have seen with the open rebellion of the French team and the poor performances of many of the fancied teams including Italy, the former champions, that team spirit counts a great deal. Some of the most impressive teams have been those of the lesser football-playing nations, which by good organisation and good morale have matched and sometimes outclassed their opponents.
The sight of 1,500 people on stage for the opening crowd scene of the Passion Play in Oberammergau is impressive and leaves an indelible mark on the mind. In all something like 2,000 people are involved in the production and over half the population of the village takes part. It is a remarkable feat of organisation and a good example of what can be achieved by working together.
Active involvement and working together as a team is something that the concept of Christian community encourages. Yes, it is possible to be a Christian apart from community but it is not something to be recommended. We need each other. Sometimes circumstances dictate that it has to be otherwise but at that point the solitary Christian needs a deep well from which to draw.
It was no mistake that Jesus gathered around him a team of disciples. In part their role was, as the name suggests, to sit at his feet together and learn. And that is important. Disciples learn together and not just individually. More importantly, Jesus
We have seen with the open rebellion of the French team and the poor performances of many of the fancied teams including Italy, the former champions, that team spirit counts a great deal. Some of the most impressive teams have been those of the lesser football-
The sight of 1,500 people on stage for the opening crowd scene of the Passion Play in Oberammergau is impressive and leaves an indelible mark on the mind. In all something like 2,000 people are involved in the production and over half the population of the village takes part. It is a remarkable feat of organisation and a good example of what can be achieved by working together.
Active involvement and working together as a team is something that the concept of Christian community encourages. Yes, it is possible to be a Christian apart from community but it is not something to be recommended. We need each other. Sometimes circumstances dictate that it has to be otherwise but at that point the solitary Christian needs a deep well from which to draw.
It was no mistake that Jesus gathered around him a team of disciples. In part their role was, as the name suggests, to sit at his feet together and learn. And that is important. Disciples learn together and not just individually. More importantly, Jesus