When your mother gets a Twitter account.Phil Mickelson was interviewed on Mike & Mike this morning. Outstanding.
One of the questions they asked: “It’s the beginning of a new golf season. How do you prepare, what do you do to enter the season both physically and mentally?”
Great question! We know about football players (training camp) and baseball (spring training). But golf is an individual sport, and the pros play year ‘round, traveling to places like Hawaii, Australia and Dubai during our winter. Do they even think in terms of a golf season?
So as Mike asked that question I thought, “I’m eager to hear his answer.”
The first word out of Phil’s mouth? “Amy,” as in “Amy and I....” He said the two of them sat down together on New Year’s Day and talked about what was behind them (her cancer and his psoriatic arthritis) and the year ahead. They talked about how he would approach his training regimen now that he can get back in the gym, the tournaments, and the Master’s in particular.
Later in the interview Mike asked another interesting question. “When I’m on vacation I play golf. What do you do on vacation?”
“Amy and I enjoy being with the kids.” (They have three daughters.) “So we go skiing together, we go to Hawaii...”
I may be way wrong here, but I suspect that, as a group, pro golfers are more conservative than other pro athletes. The PGA has been described as the sports wing of the Republican Party. And Phil Mickelson is, by near universal agreement, one of the most likable guys in all of sports. But particularly in light of Tiger’s implosion Phil’s commitment to his wife and kids is so obvious and refreshing I can’t help but grin as I listen to him. He didn’t think about those answers, they were entirely natural. His family, as he’s demonstrated repeatedly over the last few years, tops his list of life’s priorities.
Speaking of athletes, here’s a file picture of Serena Williams that was used in an online story today about her emergency treatment for a pulmonary embolism. Yikes!
According to CNN, Pope Benedict’s yet-to-hit-the-stands book says the Jews are not responsible for the crucifixion of Christ. The Pope says the biblical text says “the Judeans” demanded his death, and that term really refers only to “the aristocracy of the Temple,” not the general population. Benedict says not even all of those leaders agreed on Christ’s crucifixion.
I’m glad he cleared that up for us. It’s just too bad Peter didn’t have the benefit of Benedict’s elucidation. In Acts 3:17 Peter speaks to a crowd of Jews regarding the crucifixion, “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.”
You’d think Peter would know better, given that he was a witness to the events. But as long as we have the Pope’s wisdom now, it’s all good.
The Bible also makes it clear that I am responsible for Christ’s death. God loves me so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that when I placed my faith in Christ’s death as full payment for my sins, I was saved (Jn. 3:16). If we were not sinners Christ’s death would have been unnecessary. That’s what Peter meant when he said, in Acts 3:18, “But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets.” The prophets predicted that the Messiah would come and die for the sins of the world, including mine. There was no other way.
But to say the Jews bear no responsibility flies in the face of Christ’s statement on the cross: “Father, forgive them because they do not know what they are doing.” Forgiveness assumes culpability.
Why do you suppose Pope Benedict would write that? (doh!)
One of the questions they asked: “It’s the beginning of a new golf season. How do you prepare, what do you do to enter the season both physically and mentally?”
Great question! We know about football players (training camp) and baseball (spring training). But golf is an individual sport, and the pros play year ‘round, traveling to places like Hawaii, Australia and Dubai during our winter. Do they even think in terms of a golf season?
So as Mike asked that question I thought, “I’m eager to hear his answer.”
The first word out of Phil’s mouth? “Amy,” as in “Amy and I....” He said the two of them sat down together on New Year’s Day and talked about what was behind them (her cancer and his psoriatic arthritis) and the year ahead. They talked about how he would approach his training regimen now that he can get back in the gym, the tournaments, and the Master’s in particular.
Later in the interview Mike asked another interesting question. “When I’m on vacation I play golf. What do you do on vacation?”
“Amy and I enjoy being with the kids.” (They have three daughters.) “So we go skiing together, we go to Hawaii...”
I may be way wrong here, but I suspect that, as a group, pro golfers are more conservative than other pro athletes. The PGA has been described as the sports wing of the Republican Party. And Phil Mickelson is, by near universal agreement, one of the most likable guys in all of sports. But particularly in light of Tiger’s implosion Phil’s commitment to his wife and kids is so obvious and refreshing I can’t help but grin as I listen to him. He didn’t think about those answers, they were entirely natural. His family, as he’s demonstrated repeatedly over the last few years, tops his list of life’s priorities.
Speaking of athletes, here’s a file picture of Serena Williams that was used in an online story today about her emergency treatment for a pulmonary embolism. Yikes!
According to CNN, Pope Benedict’s yet-to-hit-the-stands book says the Jews are not responsible for the crucifixion of Christ. The Pope says the biblical text says “the Judeans” demanded his death, and that term really refers only to “the aristocracy of the Temple,” not the general population. Benedict says not even all of those leaders agreed on Christ’s crucifixion.
I’m glad he cleared that up for us. It’s just too bad Peter didn’t have the benefit of Benedict’s elucidation. In Acts 3:17 Peter speaks to a crowd of Jews regarding the crucifixion, “Now, fellow Israelites, I know that you acted in ignorance, as did your leaders.”
You’d think Peter would know better, given that he was a witness to the events. But as long as we have the Pope’s wisdom now, it’s all good.
The Bible also makes it clear that I am responsible for Christ’s death. God loves me so much that he gave his one and only Son, so that when I placed my faith in Christ’s death as full payment for my sins, I was saved (Jn. 3:16). If we were not sinners Christ’s death would have been unnecessary. That’s what Peter meant when he said, in Acts 3:18, “But this is how God fulfilled what he had foretold through all the prophets.” The prophets predicted that the Messiah would come and die for the sins of the world, including mine. There was no other way.
But to say the Jews bear no responsibility flies in the face of Christ’s statement on the cross: “Father, forgive them because they do not know what they are doing.” Forgiveness assumes culpability.
Why do you suppose Pope Benedict would write that? (doh!)
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