March Madness
Most people know John and Charles Wesley as the brothers that became reformers of the Church and founders of the Methodist Movement. But few realize that they were also the most dominant backcourt tandem of their day. As you can see from this picture of John, he was a straight up BALLER! Mean cross-over and serious hops.
We dressed up the Wesley statue at Asbury, complete with thuggish headband (idea credit: Jeremy Summers), for the kick-off of March Madness—the most wonderful time of the year.
65 teams, all setting out with the same two things: hope and possibility. Anything can happen. Giants fall. Underdogs shine. Brackets are rendered worthless. And little kids everywhere are taught to dream. That’s the beauty of this thing they call the Big Dance.
Is there any greater event in the world of sports?
Labels: asbury, basketball
posted by The LeRoys @ 8:48 PM
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4 Comments:
HA! How funny! I think it's great how much you love basketball!
I came across your blog through a link and it is so good to see a glimpse of yours and Sarah's life! So happy for you both, it sounds like life is great! Please give Sarah a hug for me!
Karen
Wow!
Matt,
We're not paying the big bucks for you to goof around in seminary. You did that in college. Leave the John Wesley statue alone and get back in the library like your brother.
Dad
This "creative use of time" got me to thinking about what it would be like if they had a theological march madness
what if the great eight was
John Wesley vs Charles Spurgeon
Karl Barth vs Wilbur Fisk
and on the other side...
Thomas à Kempis vs John Calvin
Dietrich Bonhoeffer vs John Stott
who would win? I have heard that Wilbur Fisk has a mean drop step...but word had it that Charles Spurgeons jump hook is unguardable. Now we all know that John Wesley doesn't have much of a post presence...but maybe his free throw shooting percentage will carry him through. I think that John Stott's ability to get the offensive rebound would triumph over Dietrich's basline jumper.
What are your thoughts?
Your samoan pal...Dustin
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