Well. For some bizarre reason, I thought I should write something about last nights England game. On the Sunday night before the England match took place.
With me so far?
So obviously, at the time of writing I have no clue what the score is.
I could write something about Football coming home.
I could write something about managing an upset 5 year old who has got caught up in the emotion of it all. (Possibly my fault)
Or I could present a How to guide to how to react, the morning after the England Game.
We at The Church Sofa, can not pass the book of 1 Samuel, without taking some time to look at Chapter 17. The home of one of this epic battles of The Old Testament. The original David v Goliath battle itself. This battle story has led to the use of “David vs Goliath” to describe almost any story were someone has to face overwhelming odds, and probably has no chance of winning.
We’re going to take a look at how Goliath has been represented over the years.
The Classic Goliath
There are the traditional paintings that have been created over the centuries.
David and Goliath, a colour lithograph by Osmar Schindler (c. 1888) (found at Wikipedia )
The Updated Goliath
We have the computer generated characters within games.
That unbeatable monster, can just be waking up tomorrow morning.
Struggling with this sort of thing? Dont suffer in silence. There are a number of places online you can get help from, including samaritans.org, and mind.org.uk.
Church ruined my chance to play for Man Utd Jack Rivlin
2 Mar 2012
A retired semi-professional footballer who claims his faith ruined his chances of playing for Manchester United is suing the Baptist Church for £10?million.
In a case reminiscent of the 2001 Billy Connolly film The Man Who Sued God, Arquimedes Nganga accused religious leaders of deceiving him “into following false beliefs”.
Mr Nganga, 46, from Forest Hill, said he could have earned £20,000 a week, despite never making more than £200 a month in his home country Portugal’s Third Division. He quit the sport aged 25 when he converted to the Baptist faith.
He said: “I could definitely have had a long career in the Premiership. I see many players playing today who I am not inferior to – and perhaps even better than. Most midfielders are either defensive or attacking but I was both. I had something new.”
After converting in 1989, Mr Nganga spent 19 years as a “fervent evangelist”, devoting his life to the Bible and abstaining from sex. Now he is suing the leaders of the Baptist Union of Great Britain, who, he says, “conspired to defraud me of my finances, time and my life”.
Now there are many points that people could make about this, and what he’s trying to do; but I cant help but wonder why no one else in the article has commented on this guys footballing abilities..?
