Guy Rodgers & Wilt’s 100 Point Game: Who is Your “Assist-man”?
Last week there was a lot of talk about the greatest record in the history of American sports. A little over fifty years ago, a 7-foot-1, 275-pound center by the name of Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points in leading the Philadelphia Warriors to a 169-147 victory over the New York Knicks. It was March 2, 1962, at the Hershey Sports Arena in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Many have called it the greatest individual achievement in American sports history. But…I have a bit of a problem...
Is Facebook a lifeline to Community or an escape from it?
It was well after the Academy Awards that I sat down to watch The Social Network. The movie portrayed computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg as a rather unlikable character that was driven by his longing for acceptance to create this new online platform for connection. It is remarkable to think about the powerful role his offering has played in shaping the fate of the revolution in Egypt and social change in other parts of the world…by aninvention born out of loneliness....
Mockingbird Monday: Parable of the Ewells – would you hang around with bob ewell?
We are so enamored with the noble Atticus Finch in Harper Lee’s novel and his commitment to his principles and doing what is right — win or lose — that we often overlook who is, in my estimation, one of the most unlikable (and believable) villains in American literature. Bob Ewell is thoroughly detestable because of his ignorance, his racist attitudes, and the reprehensible abuse and neglect of his own children. Ewell is despicable; it is difficult to find a...
Mockingbird Monday: A visit to the missionary tea – can compassion begin with confession?
Harper Lee’s harshest criticism of Christian church practice can be found in the missionary tea meeting in chapter 24 of To Kill a Mockingbird. It is the candid scene where the town women gather in the Finchhome to discuss the work of a missionary (J. Grimes Everett) and the recent events of the Robinson trial. The women in this living roompersonify the racism and bigotry they have adopted as part of their religious practice. It can be dangerous when people of faithtake...
