Homily

Hebrews 11:29-12:2
One of the books I remember enjoying as a child sits on a bookshelf in my home today. It is called 100 Greatest Sports Heroes. Now this book is quite dated, as you can imagine, and the heroes listed in it sadly include only a very few women and only a very few African Americans. It purports to present men and women of achievement selected by sports writers from around the country from all of the popular sports of the day…