Mahaney's Tips for Watching the Superbowl
If you chose to watch the Super Bowl, here are four tips for watching the game for the glory of God.
1. Strategically assign the remote.
...Working the remote requires skill and coordination as well as discernment. This person needs to be paying attention and anticipating commercial breaks. While everyone else enjoys the game, this person is working and always aware of what’s on the TV.
2. Watch proactively.
...Without minimizing the skill as a gift from God, I want to direct my son’s attention to character as theologically defined. So as Chad and I watch the game, I will draw his attention to any evidence of humility or unselfishness I observe, as well as any expression of arrogance or selfishness. I will celebrate the former and ridicule the latter.
3. Foster fellowship.
...No matter who we invite to our homes on Sunday, let’s not just stare at the TV, paying little attention to our families and our guests. Watching the game should involve building relationships.
4. Draw attention to the eternal.
...Sometime after the game—that same evening or the next day—it’s helpful for a father to draw his child’s attention to the game in light of eternity. It’s also helpful for us as fathers to be reminded of an eternal perspective.
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Oh yeah, predictions: Mahaney goes for the Colts if Manning is healthy, and I don't see myself how the Saints could win. Just my opinion, though.
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