Shhh! Don’t tell me. I haven’t seen the finale of The Biggest Loser yet. Week after week, I enjoy the workouts (last chance workout!), cringe at the product placements, fast forward through the yapping and weigh-in suspense, and tear up during the heartfelt stories and pounds shed. With 13.4 million viewers, this show has struck a chord.

That chord sounds to me like a lot of hurting people whom the church has failed.
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I see it in his eyes. Past the piles of beer cans and cigarette butts. Regardless of his controlled saunter down the street to the convenience store at 7 a.m. Deeper than his scruffy beard, long hair and dirty wife beater. I see the alcoholism in his eyes.
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