That hang-time religion Mixing Shaq and Meshach: The odd marriage of the Moody Bible Institute and the NBA By Mike Conklin Tribune staff reporter June 7, 2002 When Dwight L. Moody told his followers in 1886 that it was time to train men for missionary work -- a pronouncement that led to the founding of the Moody Bible Institute -- it seems safe to say that the preacher's vision didn't include the presence on his campus of the likes of rap-singing, slam-dunking Shaquille O'Neal and other current or future basketball superstars. Yet, unfolding again this week on Moody's Near North...