Friday, November 18, 2005
Go to Church?
Last night at my part-time job, I was talking with a friend who goes to church with me about an article in Sharing the Victory, the web magazine of the Fellowship of Christian Athletics about Tommy Tuberville and his 2 team chaplins. About 30 mins later a coworker, Kevin, came up and said "So you go to church with Tommy?" Honestly, the first thing I thought was how does he know Tommy Hunke, who is a close friend of mine that has graduated, married and moved on. Then I realized he must have overheard my conversation. So I said yes. He then asked "Does the pastor pray more when we lose?" I jokingly replied, "Well since that has only happened twice in the past two years, I can't really say." I then went on to explain how he is a great family man and his mother also lives here and attends church. He seemed a little taken aback that I don't put a lot of hype into the fact that Coach Tuberville goes to church with me. For me, he is just a normal guy. I respect him a lot, and it took the heavy pressure of my mom on multiple occasions to ask him to sign a football for my nephew because I want him to feel safe in the church building. This of course is not the first time people have been "awed" that Coach goes to my church. Everytime, I leave these conversations just wondering...what would people say if I said, "Yea, Tuberville goes to church with me, but so do hundreds of other people and I am pretty sure that God attends regularly as well." But I don't think they would get the point.
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I'm a Bama fan, but I have a lot of respect for Coach Tuberville and for his faith. I think it's cool that God places some of His children in such visible positions and uses their example to bring others to Him. Of course, with that visibility comes extra scrutiny--I'm sure there are plenty of critics looking for any kind of mess-up in his life--but I admire the way Coach has handled the fame in a humble and God-honoring way.
I wouldn't be afraid to remind those who are curious about your church that there are many more people there besides Coach T. God doesn't place more importance on any one person over anyone else, why should we?
What is this "go to church" you speak of?
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