Friday; March 15
For some of you, this weekend is almost as exciting as Christmas. On Sunday, March 17, the invitations go out for the men’s brackets of the NCAA Tournament – also known as March Madness. Each spring, almost six dozen teams are selected to participate in the Big Dance. Slowly that number is reduced to one, this year the winning team will be crowned in Phoenix in early April. There are certain teams that expect to make it to the tournament, but to me, the thing that makes this process so special are the Cinderella teams. Those small schools or the teams that don’t traditionally have an elite program that get into the tournament. I have to admit, those are the teams that I like to see win. I like the underdogs. As I think about this process, I find some sense of excitement about life itself. It is easy to get discouraged by how a moral minority can be overwhelmed by an immoral society. It can be disheartening to be a part of a group trying to do what is right to be swept under the