From flying reindeer to chocolate bunnies, Christian celebrations accommodate various cultural traditions and commercialism. Now people of faith can transform a secular event — the National Football League's championship — into an ecumenical opportunity to help the hungry. A growing number of Lutheran congregations are joining the 10-year-old movement to turn Super Bowl Sunday into Souper Bowl of Caring Sunday, when Christians nationwide are asked to place $1 into a soup bowl or pot as they leave worship on the day of the championship game.
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