Going for Win-Win

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Cain has a lot to answer for, as do those who follow his example.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

The love songs we enjoy, they really go out to you, don’t they?
“You light up my life”
“You’re the One”
“How am I supposed to live without you?”
“You’re all I live for”
“Just gimme some kind of sign [God] that you’re mine”
“I love how you love me”

We just thought they were about somebody else.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“I’m all about abundance, especially abundant wealth. Do you like my Rolex?”


[Yeah, right…]

D. Blog: March Madness

My basketball playing history (sub-amateur level) draws me to the college basketball tournament each year. I like the emotion, the surprises, the inspired play, the underdogs who turn into Cinderella, the effort and skill that are on display.



This year is particularly interesting for me, as I feel some connection to the top seeds and to this year’s Cinderella. I grew up cheering for the UCLA Bruins. I went to a small college in Kansas, where almost everyone followed the Jayhawks. My brother lives in Memphis and helps me keep tabs on the Tigers. I now live in North Carolina, where the Tarheels maintain dominance in the hearts of most citizens, despite the counter-loyalties to Duke and Tennessee (here in the western part of the state). As for Davidson, that was my brother-in-law’s school, and where he worked and with my sister raised their three children. Who can help but be moved by their comebacks on the first weekend of the tournament?

We speak about madness, and there’s certainly a lot of that surrounding the tournament. But it’s really about hope, about excelling, about applying discipline and skill, about taking the chance to do and be part of something great, about overcoming the insurmountable odds, about seeing some teams rise from desperate situations, from the ashes, from a tomb… to glory.