Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Faith binds many on Red Soxes

Here's an unusual story about faith.Massachusetts is considered a very Blue state.A place where you wouldn't find much in terms of evangelical Christians.The Boston Globe has this interesting report:
They gathered in a makeshift house of God -- a brick-walled retreat in Fenway Park otherwise reserved for postgame interviews -- and prayed for dead and dying loved ones. They prayed for American troops in hot spots abroad. And for the poor souls in the path of Hurricane Katrina.

As the Sunday baseball crowd streamed into the park less than an hour before the defending world champions played their 128th game of the season, a dozen members of the Red Sox -- the largest group of evangelical Christians on any team in Major League Baseball -- joined an equal number of coaches and staffers in sharing a bond of faith that is fast becoming the stuff of national renown among religious figures in sports.
Will sports figures make a comeback as moral leaders?