Category Archives: basketball
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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Michael Jordan’s Teacher: “Nobody Cut Michael Jordan”
Those of us who grew up going to wildly overpriced basketball camps (remember Five Star? What a racket!) often heard the inspiring and–ahem–comforting tale that Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player in the world, was cut from the varsity team … Continue reading
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