The National League was formed in 1876, the American League in 1901. In 1981, the players went on strike from June 11 until August 10. As best I can tell, that’s the only time in 144 years that the game was not played on Independence Day.
Until last Saturday, that is.
But all was not lost: for the thirteenth time in the last fourteen years, Joey Chestnut won the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest. He consumed about seventy-five hot dogs and buns in approximately ten minutes to win the coveted Mustard Yellow Belt.
However, as a sign of the times, Saturday’s event was held at a private location rather than in front of large crowds as in the past. The judges wore masks; assistants handed buns and wieners to the contestants while using latex gloves.
Can God bless America?
This was a Fourth of July unlike any in living memory. But even with the pandemic and recession, I am grateful to be an American. Every time I travel overseas, when I return, I’m glad to be home.
And I pray for my country to be a nation God can bless.
The psalmist declared, “Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord” (Psalm 33:12). His statement assumes that every nation has a god of some kind. Theologian Paul Tillich was right: we all have an “ultimate concern”—something or someone that we trust above all others.
Some trust the god of Islam, others the path to nirvana taught by Buddhism, the way of moksha (salvation) in Hinduism, or the laws of Judaism. Still others trust the gods of materialism, hedonism, or self-reliance.
To be “blessed,” however, a nation must make their God the “Lord.” This rendering of…
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