Monthly Archives: October, 2014
Slide, Christian, Slide!
Baseball has an overlooked play if the spectator is one who merely accompanies a friend to the local park softball game. The slide. When my son was in high school he decided to try his skills at baseball. I remember the alarm bells sounding in my head the day he came home and said, “Coach …
Riding in the Van with Moses
The visits I make approximately every eight weeks, to the retina specialist are most interesting. I could drive myself to the doctor, but I could not drive myself home. For the first two hours or more I identify only shapes in the distance. I remedy this problem by making use of the local senior services …
Hit By a Pitch
Regretfully, sometimes a wild pitch is intentional! When a batter is hit by a pitch the batter gets to advance to first base automatically. Never mind the nasty bruise the batter will sport for several days. Last year, an Atlanta Braves player was on the disabled list with a broken jaw by a pitch that …
The Swirl of Things
It takes so little to make a difference! There are more than leaves swirling around us these days. The news is so full of ugly stuff: scandals, political chaos, sports figure failures, muckraking, can all make our heads spin and our hearts ache. There used to be a little bi-weekly newspaper called the Grit that …
The Baseball
I like the game of baseball. Since my days of playing softball in the Chain O’Lakes country school yard, to neighborhood games, to following the Atlanta Braves since my youth, I enjoy baseball. It is that time of year. From the time of spring training forward professional baseball players always have their eyes on October. …
“Between Heaven and Ground Zero:
“Between Heaven and Ground Zero” Author: Leslie Haskin Bethany House Publishers, 2008 Haskin’s book has a long subtitle: One Woman’s Struggle for Survival and Faith in the Ashes of 9/11. It was published early in 2008 by Bethany House Publishers, and is 204 pages long. Haskins owns a winsome and grammatically correct writing ability. She …
The Shepherd's Presence 