FROM THE EDITOR January 18, 2010 Issue

WE CAN DO MORE FOR THE INSTITUTION OF MARRIAGE AND FOR THOSE WHOSE LIVES ARE IN THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT BY FOCUSING ON THE GOOD IN CHARACTER.

LESSONS FROM THE TIGER WOODS STORY

THE WORLD IS HERO-HUNGRY. Someone to look up to, who's bigger than life and appears to have everything. The commonly accepted formula for having everything hasn't changed much over the years—a mix of fortune, power, fame, position, good looks, which explains society's infatuation with celebrity culture. The Internet has helped exacerbate this hunger for the intimate details of the rich and famous, especially the sordid ones.

Rather than being overly hungry to keep up with the salacious details of a particular celebrity's life, it's actually more beneficial for us to focus on their spiritual identities—an identity each one of us to focus on their spiritual identities—an identity each one of us has by divine right and that no one can ever lose. In the face of lying or cheating, this may seem a difficult task, but it is vital if one's goal is to follow the model that Christ Jesus taught and practiced.

The recent controversy involving Tiger Woods is a prime example. He wasn't just a legend in golf; he was portrayed as a family man who could do no wrong, a sportsman who resurrected the game of golf, and he could even, as one ad purported, "Walk on Water." In a commercial for EA Sports, Tiger is seen wading into water to hit a wayward ball and make a miraculous shot onto the next green and into the hole. Coined the "Jesus video," the ad proclaimed, "It's not a glitch. He's just that good."

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