Featuring names from across the world of sports…
The following All-Name Teams are in honor of the arrival of springtime, sunshine and the growing light of the lengthening days.
Some say God is the author of creation, the One who sculpts the beauty of the changing seasons. Some say there is no God, and thus nature’s beauty is essentially random.
To summarize: “Chance or the Dance?” Which is the title of a classic book by Dr. Thomas Howard, one of my college professors and mentors.
Others say life is a hybrid — God and nature are one and the same.
What do you say?
And what are the pros and cons, the consequences, the risks/rewards of your take on life and faith … and of these varying faiths and philosophies?
If you’re keeping score at home, the above three worldviews are theism, atheism and pantheism — perhaps obvious, but for the sake of academic clarity, there you have it.
P.S. The Christian faith, of course, adds the incarnation to theism — Jesus of Nazareth, Son of God and Son of Man, the One who (as God incarnate) experiences the beauty of spring on the earth He created, endures brutality in death, and rises again with new life and the promise of a stunning new creation … a new springtime that, we’re told, will endure for eternity.
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“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.”
— William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
All-Flower Team 1
Jaron Blossomgame — basketball
Tyler Flowers — football
Jantel Lavender — basketball
Kristine Lilly — soccer
Jalen Rose — basketball
All-Light Team 3
Aaron Bright — basketball
Torah Bright — snowboarding
Al Leiter — baseball
Ryan Raburn — baseball
J.J. Watt — football
All-Sun Team 1
Helio Castroneves — auto racing
Paul Soliai — football
Sam Soliman — boxing
Odlanier Solis — boxing
Rick Sund — basketball
Procedural Note — If you’re wondering why there are five people per team, it’s simple: Basketball was my favorite sport as I was growing up, and since the rules of basketball (last time I checked) allow five players per team on the court, I’m going with five-person teams.
© Bruce William Deckert 2018
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