Tag: super bowl

After years of controversy, the “He Gets Us” campaign is shifting its Super Bowl messaging to focus less on culture wars and more on modern life’s pressures.

From papal prophecy and prayer rituals to faith-based ads and political counter-events, religion once again weaves its way into Super Bowl Sunday.

With SNAP halted and food aid cut, local pantries struggle to meet rising need as federal workers and families face hunger this holiday “eating season.”

Despite 123.7 million Super Bowl viewers, most Americans don’t believe God cares about the game’s outcome. A recent Lifeway Research study shows only 13% think God is concerned.

The Feb. 11 Super Bowl showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers may be contested at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas — known as Sin City — but it will feature two very pious quarterbacks. 

Every year I take a close look at sacred texts, primarily Jewish ones (I am a rabbi, after all) to divine the Super Bowl winner.