Thursday- yesterday, a great saint went home to glory. Dr. Samuel Hsu, although I knew him only briefly and distantly, was another wonderful gentleman and a faithful servant of the Lord. Through his legacy and impact, my own desire to grow as a disciple of Christ, and a musician has been distinctly impacted from my time at Tenth Presbyterian in Philadelphia.
The Scriptures tell us, “Where, O death is your sting? O death, where is your victory?” Now, the dead are only asleep in Christ, awaiting their coming resurrection.
“During its annual Silent Night game, Taylor University’s fans remain silent until the 10th point of the game is scored.
he patient tradition isn’t even two decades old; it began in the early ‘90s when longtime Taylor coach Paul Patterson got the suggestion from an assistant on staff. It’s a blend of basketball and Christmas cheer, sort of an initiation into the holiday season that comes before cramming for the end-of-semester blitz.
“It’s so bizarre, that first 10 points. You can’t speak. You can encourage the guys, but you can’t do anything,” Patterson said Friday night, referring to typical coach gyrations and screams. “Then it (the 10th point) comes and the game gets to be a really high intensity.”