aussies preoccupied?

Now, don’t get me wrong – I love cricket. I can sit down and watch every minute of 5 days of a test match, and enjoy it. I like going to the games, I like reading about the games. But not to the expense of everything else

In these recent days, I have begun to despair of the Aussie preoccpation with fluff and bluster. Check out this from today’s SMH webpage:

TODAY’S TOP 10 ARTICLES
Cricket chiefs wilt under fire
Testy tourists must now get back to work
Arrogant Ponting must be fired
Bucknor’s head served up on a platter
India tour back on
Qantas crash danger: jet loses power
Hair tells Bucknor: I know how you’re feeling
With the game ablaze, a dramatic move to douse flames
Black day for cricket when we walk away
Welcome to no wear
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8 out of 10 of the top read articles are about whether the Australian cricket team will get to keep playing cricket this summer, and whether they are good sportsmen or not. [Somehow, as an aberration, something about people nearly dying in a plane crash nearly made it into the top 5!]

How do we get a word in sideways about God’s grace in Jesus? Hmm…..