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The current issue of ESPN The Magazine has a quick 1-page article called “6 Things You Should Know About Being A Team Chaplain”.

Here’s “thing” #4:

4. PERSPECTIVE HELPS.
“I don’t discourage players from praying for wins. But I do stress that if God doesn’t answer that prayer, it doesn’t say anything about His purpose for the guy.”

You can read it in its entirety here.

Good news for the AFC South, courtesy of the Onion News Network.

Pre-Game Coin Toss Makes Jacksonville Jaguars Realize Randomness Of Life

“All effort is vain, all order an illusion”…try telling that to Tom Brady.

a few straws for the aching back of your camel…

+ Pastor Mark Batterson performed a chapel service for the Jacksonville Jaguars last night. The Jags play the Redskins tonight in D.C.

+ Over at StuffChristiansLike.net, Jon offers up what he calls “The Greatest Exercise-Focused Bible Verse Ever”. It involves walking, running, and hang-gliding.

+ Here’s a quick note about a successful Fellowship of Christian Athletes outreach event in Italy.

+ We’ve got 8 people in our NFL Eliminator League as of this morning. Still looking for some more brave souls to test their football savvy against the country’s finest football minds. Click here to join our group (name: Prayers For Blowouts, password: “pfb”).

+ My son Parker has his first soccer practice yesterday. That’s him chugging down water during a break.