Deep South Deacon

I really like Russell Wilson as a football player. I like him because I tend to like underdogs.  Russell Wilson is the classic underdog.  He is not very big, listed at 5'11' and just a shade over 200 pounds.  A nice size for an accountant, engineer, priest, or even a deacon. Not so big for an American football player.

He was a  third-round draft choice out of the University Wisconsin. Seventy-five young men were drafted before him  in 2012. Because he is stuck in a third round rookie contract, he is currently the third highest paid quarterback on the Seattle Seahawks roster.

This is an approximation of the homily I delivered January 11, 2015 on the Feast of the Baptism of our Lord at St Luke the Evangelist Church in Slidell, LA, USA.  The scripture readings for this day can be found by clicking here. I used the first options for readings 1 and 2.

Last basketball season, someone was kind enough to give me 2 tickets to the Pelicans NBA game so that I could take my son, Daniel.  And these weren’t just any tickets. They were center court in the Club section.