More Madness from Mahaney

March 28, 2007

Joe,

Again, that’s one of my fine journalism major headlines for this post! And no, this madness is not about any theological viewpoints; rather, it’s about the madness of college basketball. But first, thanks for your thoughts on the Mahaney quote in your last post. I hope to write a bit more on that later, and clarify the context of the second quote, as you asked about.

But this post is totally unrelated to our discussion about those quotes from Living the Cross-Centered Life. I came across this post today on how the Mahaney family regards the viewing of and playing of sports. I thought it was especially relevant in light of the Final Four being played this weekend; in fact, Mahaney wrote this last year right before the Tournament began.

In addition to the thought-provoking spiritual content, notice two things about the article:

1. CJ’s grumbling that George Mason should not have made the tournament; I seem to remember them making the Final Four? Good thing CJ’s spiritual discernment is better than his bracket discernment!

2. Joe, you really should have practiced CJ’s last bullet point a little more carefully while you were at PSU. Don’t worry, I’ll forgive you!

Seriously, there is great wisdom in these words from CJ, especially for parents with children who are frequent competitors in athletics.