hockey and everything else entertaining
so i went to my first hockey game last night.
the calgary hitmen were playing the kootenay ice at the saddledome. i got a $5 ticket from the college and career group at sunwest church. good times. theres a first time for everything i suppose. we had seats right behind the goalie of the kootenay ice. pretty sweet. the game wasn't the greatest as the hitmen lost but still fun to have the experience. perhaps one day i will get to go to a nhl game.
anyways. after the game i was driving home with my friend tyler and thinking out loud. now bear with me and please don't get offended. these were just my thoughts.
hockey players. they play hockey. thats what they do. they don't feed the world with the grain they grow in their fields. they play hockey. momentarily entertaining the rest of the world with their skills. i paid money to go watch a pile of guys skate around on the ice chasing rubber with sticks. don't get me wrong, i actually enjoy watching hockey and i like playing it myself but doesn't it seem ironic. kiprusoff's "job" is to protect a square netted box from a puck. now he is very good at his "job" but again, in the grand scheme of things, we would still be ok if he didn't do that. perhaps i'm being really pessimistic about it all and for that i am sorry....perhaps this is just the way the economy/society works these days and we'd be lost without them. but i can't wrap my head around it. of course i don't want to point my finger only at hockey players....they were just what sparked the thought. am i totally on the wrong track?
if hockey players stopped playing hockey, we'd be ok. if we quit making electronic equipment, we would still be ok. what if we dropped the farmers and the fisherman?
now, please please don't get me wrong. i am a musician and the idea that i wouldn't be needed on this earth irks me. rip out my heart eh? hmmmm. i don't know how i feel about my thoughts anymore. we all were given gifts from God. we have to use them. God desires us to.......
perhaps society is just to gluttonous.... (oops another can of worms, i better stop while i'm ahead....stupid cliche).
ok. i'm done. i'll hide for a bit....haha
posted by vicky @ 2:38 PM
7 Comments:
Art IS necessary! It points us towards God in a very significant way. A poet said (and I wish I knew who it was) there are two things that pierce the heart: beauty and pain. While art can be entertaining, I certainly wouldn't put your musical gifting in the same catagory as hockey :)
ummm yes ill be at camp this weekend ...do you want that i should bring my djambe ..email or what ever if you want me to maybe we could jam...any ways stranger than fiction wasnt my fav. movie but i did enjoy it...i kept waiting for the really halrious/random/disgusting parts that seem to fill Will Ferrel movies and it never came... i know that has nothing to do with this post but i have nothing to say on hockey players vs musicians thought if i had to take one in a fist fight id probably go with the musican (depeniding on which instrument they played)
hmmmm sounds to me like we need a category contest
Necessary may be the wrong word. Yes, we could live without Hockey, the arts, electronics and a million other things, but we were made to do best what God made us to do. Gluttony is a better word...especially in Canada...we overindulge in everything entertainment and forget about God. If art points us to God, we have to spend some time getting to God not just being pointed.
Good to see you back in the world of blog!
I’m not sure if you meant to say this or not, but art and entertainment are not the same thing. The process of creating art IS “getting to God” as the process is one of discovering God and celebrating Him. While this may not make art necessary as a “job” it is necessary to the spiritual life of the artist. It may not contribute to our ability to survive physically, but these bodies are only temporary and the development of our souls is what will matter eternally.
Christians often think of art as being a pagan idea in the sense that it is not physically necessary to survive. Ultimately no “job” is necessary, including the fisherman and farmers, because each person on earth could learn to do that for their own survival. But, we are all gifted in specific areas and we (hopefully) are serving in those areas in our contributions to society. I don’t dispute that this is true for athletes also. I absolutely believe that God intended for us to have fun! The part where we all seem to agree is that spending millions on NHL salaries (or art, for that matter) ISN’T necessary.
^^above comment is actually from Jenivere not me, I accidentally posted it under my profile
oops
Jesse
well well well. must say i find this most disturbing. i guess my question: what's wrong with it... hockey i mean. who ever said it was wrong to spend money to watch it and make money for playing it? and if anyone should be the hockey player: in the spotlight and public eye, it should be the Christian guy. you become a role model whether you like it or not. so what better place for a strong Christian to be? in perfect opportunity to show Jesus to everyone, to show integrity and excellence. i guess i just find it hard to say that someone else is in the wrong in what they do; who am i to say that God has not called and appointed them to that position? i'm not saying you are... i'm just saying. and all of this coming from a hockey player. i like what jenivere said: it's about the spirit-man... not the tangible body.
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