Will you be having buffalo/chicken wings during the Super Bowl? Where are the best wings? With the Super Bowl around the corner, it seems that buffalo chicken wings may have become the country’s favorite football-watching food. While the annual rumors that we’re running out of wings simply aren’t true, wings have indeed become the most expensive part of the chicken due to their popularity when fried and covered in buffalo sauce. Few of us realize, though, that less than 50 years ago, wings were considered one... Read more

From Dan Merica at CNN.com: There are a variety of influences here, including a Calvinist meticulous sovereignty theme, a Deuteronomy theme, an interventionist God theme, and others… what do you see? Washington (CNN) – With millions of Americans set to watch the Super Bowl on Sunday, a new survey finds more than a quarter of Americans believe that God “plays a role in determining which team wins” at sports events. The survey by the Public Religion Research Institute also found that more than... Read more

From World Vision: A former Chicago church pastor plans to run across the United States at a rate of 35 miles a day for more than four months in a bid to raise $1.5 million for clean water. Steve Spear, 49, will begin the herculean effort in Los Angeles on April 8 with an estimated arrival in New York in August — a distance of 3,243 miles. He plans to run six or seven hours each day, five days a... Read more

Here’s the Open and Relational Theologies call for papers. The submission deadline is March 1, and the AAR website is now open for submissions. 2013 Open and Relational Theologies Call The Open and Relational Theologies group plan to explore two themes. First, we invite proposals exploring Postcolonial theology in relation to themes common in Open, Relational, and/or Process theologies. Such themes may include but are not limited to power, love, social structures, redemption, justice, violence, forgiveness, salvation, and authority. We... Read more

Isaiah about Isaiah’s experiment with nudity as a form of prophetic messaging? I’d suggest you could try this, and if you are in a hurry scroll to about 3:45 or so … but get ready to laugh: Read more

Just not sure why this is a story. (CNN) — Yes, Beyoncé can sing — all by herself, thank you very much. That much she showed Thursday, when she opened her appearance before reporters in New Orleans — where she’s set to headline the Super Bowl XLVII halftime performance Sunday — with a stirring, a cappella rendition of the national anthem. It was the same tune she sang just over a week ago at the inauguration of President Barack Obama But... Read more

I grabbed this bit from JR Briggs, but he gives us some very good questions we need to be asking. Eh? If a leader is a culture-changer then it’s important to be tireless student of thecurrent culture and to ask wisely and courageously what type of culture is needed to build a hopeful future. A leader is constantly asking, what parts of our current culture should stay – and what parts should change? To answer these questions, leaders need a healthy dose of both wisdom and... Read more

From AP: WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Friday proposed a work-around for religious nonprofits that object to providing health insurance that covers birth control. The government’s new regulation attempts to create a barrier between religious groups and contraception coverage, through insurers or a third party, that would still give women free access to contraception. It wasn’t immediately clear whether would accept the new approach, or whether it would stem the tide of lawsuits across the country that have... Read more