As it so happens I am a part of a group text with the fellas wherein we seek to motivate each other to workout, eat right, and be disciplined. I recently sent a text to try and add fuel to the boys’ workouts to help them get that extra rep in, and it just kept […]
Sports
Fathers, Sons, and Baseball
On April 27th, the year of our Lord 2021, the young Vladimir Guerrero Jr. launched three baseballs into orbit, for his first three-homerun game of his career, at the age of 22. Two of those shots were lifted off of Pitcher Max Scherzer. But that wasn’t the first time the great Scherzer has been taken […]
Enjoying Baseball like a Christian
The game of baseball, as it was meant to be played, is an analogy of the Christian life in more ways than I will even mention in this post. So I would love to see some more ideas and discussion in the comments. My goal will be to speak about how we think about and […]
Distressed to Rest; Psalm 4
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. 4 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! 2 O men,[a] how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah 3 But […]
The Place of Sports in Postmillennialism: a Peace Time Battlefield
2 outs, bottom of the 9th, game 7 of the World Series. You could hear the St. Louis crowd, decked out in their Cardinal red, all the way in Kansas City. Busch stadium seemed as if it was about to burst at the seems as the whole year lead up to this moment. This was […]