Glad Tidings in Hoosierland

The Anchor Worship Team (l-r): Joe Leatherman, Terry Leatherman, Steve Dennie, Pam Dennie, Marsha Biard (holding Connor), and Tim Bauman

Indiana is, of course, rejoicing over the Colts victory in the Super Bowl last night. We got off to a very depressing start with those runs by Devin Hester and Thomas Smith, not to mention the rain. But since God is sovereign and was on the side of the Colts, things worked out.

Yesterday, Super Bowl Sunday, lots of people followed Pastor Tim's instructions to come to church clad in Colts gear (like Mary, Rozal, Russ, and Pat). That included the entire worship team (except for Marsha Biard, a Chargers fan, who abstained). Pastor Tim, here with Allen Gibbs, preached in a Colts sweatshirt.

Pam got a cute outfit for Connor at Target (right), even though Connor's Mom, Carolyn, came to church wearing a Bears hoody, that being her favorite team. Perhaps the bravest soul was RJ, who came wearing a bright orange Bears jersey. RJ and Dan came to our house for our Super Bowl party. RJ picked up Dan for the party. I suggested that on the way home, he drop Dan off in the middle of nowhere, but RJ's not the type of person who would do that.

Connor slept through the second half of the Super Bowl. But in the first half, Mark helped Connor practice his refereeing in a pose I call Touchdown Connor.

A few other observations from the Super Bowl:

  • The opening extravaganza, with all the acrobats and colorful inflatable animals and such, was tedious. Five minutes of watching cheerleaders launch into the air? Okay, I got the idea after the first few, and it was nothing I hadn't seen before.
  • That was a sorry bunch of commercials. A huge disappointment. The Snickers and the mouse ads were among the very few that were truly Super Bowl-worthy.
  • Prince was quite good. I liked how he did several different song styles. And he avoided launching into his falsetto, which is always annoying. I've never been a Prince fan, but he done good last night.
  • Hey Adam--what's with missing a field goal? We hired you to be perfect.
  • Now, will everybody please get off Peyton Manning's back? And onto Eli's back?
  • Poor, poor Rex Grossman. Nuff said.
  • I think the Super Bowl should always be played in a dome. Maybe that's just me. If the Colts had lost, I would have blamed it on the rain. A convenient excuse, I realize. But still.

Posted on February 5, 2007 12:30 PM|

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