Folks who follow the happenings surrounding NFL quarterback Tim Tebow either because of his football career, his evangelism or both, might be interested in the following story from CNN’s Belief Blog.

It focuses on the concept of “Tebowing” and is probably one of the more interesting stories about it to come along in a while.  

CNN’s Belief Blog:   Quarterback moves to tradeback ‘Tebowing.’

Carla Hinton

Religion Editor

People laughed when he said God told him he would be starting quarterback, but here he is, the Bronchos starting quarterback and I’d say he’s been pretty successful (Those who don’t agree might want to catch the highlights of Sunday’s game between the Bronchos and the Pittsburgh Steelers …and then get back with me … )

The thing about him is he seems to have big faith … nothing tiny about this Tim.

Big faith and he’s not afraid to show it.

Here’s more from others who have an opinion about Tebow, football and faith …

Washington Post’s On Faith blog: “Why I Believe in Tim Tebow” (by Sally Quinn) 

USA Today: “Tim Tebow’s stats boost Bible verse John 3:16″

Advertising Age: “Tim Tebow: The NFL’s new $10 million man?”

(CUTLINE: Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow greets fans after the Broncos beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 in overtime of an NFL football wild card playoff game Sunday, Jan. 8, 2012, in Denver. AP Photo/The Denver Post, Joe Amon)  #NewsOK

Carla Hinton

Religion Editor

I’ve been following Tebow’s NFL career just because he’s an interesting young athlete who is very upfront about his faith beliefs. He has gotten as much attention for his Christian faith beliefs as he has for his athletic talent.

Of course, he found his way on my radar as a University of Florida football player, but I won’t say too much about that, Sooner fans. 

Anyway, it seems that the much-talked-about former Gator has inspired Tebowing.

What is Tebowing? Glad you asked and remember I didn’t come up with this, I”m just telling about it.

Tebowing, according to Tebowing.com, means ”To get down on a knee and start praying, even if everyone else around you is doing something completely different.”

It was apparently started by a Denver native. Tebow (pictured) is quarterback for the Denver Bronchos, if you didn’t already know that.

Anyway, I read an article on CBN.com that said Tebowing was a trending topic on Twitter on Thursday. Follow this link to read the story: “Fun of Offensive?: Tebowing Goes Viral.” 

CBN.com asked its readers if they thought this new trend was making fun of  Tebow’s faith.

I’m not sure what I think about it at this point. One thing I do know is that Tebow has always attracted lots of attention and that doesn’t seem to have changed now that he’s playing in the big league.      

Carla Hinton

Religion Editor