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Linsanity and Asian American Christian Identity: Carl Park of TEDS Reflects
My friend Carl Park (PhD student in New Testament at TEDS) just wrote a piece on Jeremy Lin (who led the Knicks to win number seven in a row last night) and Asian-American Christian identity at the Gospel Coalition. It’s … Continue reading
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Jeremy Lin, The Basketball Star Nobody Wanted: A Gospel Coalition Essay
Just had a new theological essay posted over at the Gospel Coalition. It’s entitled “The Basketball Star No One Wanted: Jeremy Lin’s Unlikely Triumph.” In it, I weave in my own experience with the game as I talk about what … Continue reading
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Linsanity! Part 2: Ex-Ruff Ryders Rapping & Asian-American Christianity
More Linsanity! Last night Jeremy Lin led the Knicks to a stunning victory over the Lakers–featuring the NBA’s second-best player, Kobe Bryant–and Lin scored 38 points (!). I don’t know if you care about sports, but that is truly astonishing. This … Continue reading
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Linsanity: Jeremy Lin, Christian Basketball Star
If you haven’t heard of Jeremy Lin yet, you soon will (see this dated Time article). He’s a Christian basketball player for the New York Knicks. He’s also a Harvard graduate and an Asian-American. I’ve followed Lin on Twitter for … Continue reading
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Really Important Things: The Debacle That Was Danny Ainge’s Dealmaking
The Boston Celtics aren’t that important. So this blog isn’t actually about something really important. Really important things include, for example, the birth of a new boy in my family. My son is named Gavin Edwards Strachan. He joined us … Continue reading
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Dancing in Minefields, Salvation Through Judgment, and the Immortal “Dad Life” Video
Check out a new video from the new Andrew Petersen album: “Dancing in the Minefields.” Love the song, and especially the backing chorus. (HT:JT) ************** Have you heard about the new biblical theology by Jim Hamilton coming in November? It … Continue reading
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Principles for Good Basketball, Or, The Exorcising of Fifteen Years of Pickup Basketball Ghosts
This post comes out of nowhere. No one has asked for it. It is a thought-child that must be birthed. It stems, as the title suggests, from my years of frustration playing pickup basketball. If you play unorganized basketball–and you … Continue reading
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