February 5 – “The Interviews”

Another one is in the books.  Well, it will be as soon as I finish writing about it.  Last night was our annual Super Bowl Commercial Party.  Now this year we approached it a little differently.  Since former Texan Case Keenum and his Vikings didn’t make it to the Big Show, and with all the controversy surrounding “The Kneelings,” not a whole lot of people around here cared one way or another about the football game.  And honestly, the commercials have been a little weak over the last two years as well. 

So this year we added a third component.  Games.  Folks were encouraged to bring along their favorite board games to play while waiting for a good commercial or for Tom Brady to get sacked.  I think the idea went over well.  There was always a game of something going on at the table.  Sounded like Exploding Cats was the favorite.  Hey, I’ve never played it, but you can’t beat a game called Exploding Cats.  Now we still had the game related to what was happening around us.  Ed and Cory and Sarah all won prizes for the Bingo game.  Ed won the prize for filling in the most spaces on his card.  A 12 pack of Pepsi.  Gotta stick with the advertiser theme, you know.  Micah, however, worked extremely hard to figure out the clues to the scavenger hunt, and even though a few of his numbers didn’t exactly match mine, he was close enough to warrant a double candy victory.  Giant Nestles crunch bar and big bag of Skittles.  Way to go all you winners. 

The commercials were actually not terrible.  With so much going on, I had a very hard time hearing any of them, but by far the most aesthetically pleasing, and just downright funny, was the one with Eli Manning and his receiver doing the Dirty Dancing scene.  That youngster Eli must be stronger than he looks, because he absolutely nailed the dance lift over his head. 

The absolute highlight of the night, however, came unexpectedly from the football game.  After the Eagle underdogs knocked off the mighty Patriots, the award presentation began, and with it came the interviews.  Aside from the team owner accepting the trophy, there were three interviews.  The first was, of course, the Eagles coach.  Then came the guy who caught the winning touchdown pass.  And finally came the game MVP, the Eagles quarterback.  Three interviews.  And to a man, three acknowledgments of “Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior.”  That, ladies and gentlemen, is called getting your priorities in line.  Thank you for that. 

Psalms 31:3 says, “Since you are my rock and my fortress, for the sake of your name lead and guide me.”

Father, honor the faith confessions of those three footballers.  Amen.