Reflection on themes of game and challenge: inspired by Superbowl Sunday
Inspired by a collection of scriptures on triumph and defeat, athletic strength and resilience, running the race, being present to the challenges of life and faith.
Classic poets’ commentaries on challenges, in honor of the Superbowl.
Excerpted from an article by Barbara Mossberg, HuffPost.
A moody child and wildly wise
Pursued the game with joyful eyes
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Poet
One equal temper of heroic hearts
Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will
To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
— Alfred, Lord Tennyson
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