DisneyOma
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- Jul 27, 2015
I'm thinking of Mark Jackson, the former NBA player/coach and now on ESPN/ABC as part of their #1 announcing crew of Mike Green, Jeff Van Gundy, and Jackson. He was well known for being the pastor of his own church in addition to his basketball duties. When NBA player Jason Collins came out publicly as a gay man, he kind of said something he wishes that he could have taken back.
I will say this. We live in a country that allows you to be whoever you want to be. As a Christian man, I serve a God that gives you free will to be who you want to be. As a Christian man, I have beliefs of what’s right and what’s wrong. That being said, I know Jason Collins, I know his family, and am certainly praying for them at this time.
It may have been taken the wrong way. However, it's not typically for people around here to say "I'm praying for you" even if they're devoutly religious. Apparently after he got fired from his coaching job with the Warriors, he left the meeting (where he was told he was fired) telling a team executive/owner's son "I'm praying for you". I guess it's kind of hard to read what that means. It could very well have been a meaning of good wishes, or it could have been a meaning that he felt he'd did wrong and wished mercy on his soul. It can really be difficult to understand what someone means. I'd think a simple "I wish you well" would say enough if the meaning is good wishes without any of the possible baggage of bringing "prayer" into the conversation.
See, I know exactly what he meant - and it was said in a negative, pompous way. You only have to pray for someone who needs God's help/guidance, right? It's for someone who is sick, or who has made a bad decision. Why pray for someone who has the God stuff all set? So, he was saying he thought those people made a bad decision, in his view. Interesting how he reflected being fired onto someone's son - was he cursing the family?