The eighth inning is here and that means the game is close to being over. Close is the key word here because as they say, “It’s not over till it’s over.” When there are two innings yet to play anything can still happen and often does. Baseball – Earnings: There is no doubt about it,…
Read more(Chapter 7) Life Using the Analogy of Baseball, Inning Seven
It’s the seventh inning, and all you baseball fans know what that means. It’s seventh inning stretch time. So… everybody stand up, walk around a little bit and STRETCH!!! How does that feel? Are you ready now for the rest of the game? Baseball – give of yourself: It does my heart good to hear…
Read more(Chapter 6) Life Using the Analogy of Baseball, Inning Six
It’s hard to believe that we are in inning six already. This game is more than half over and there is still a lot to talk about. Baseball – Playing field: In baseball, the game is played in a stadium on a playing field that’s inside that stadium. Every stadium, often called a ballpark, is…
Read more(Chapter 5) Life Using the Analogy of Baseball, Inning Five
After last Friday’s post, I mentioned to my wife Shirley that I had probably exhausted the analogy of baseball compared to life itself. Shirley’s response was one of surprise that I would even say that. She proceeded to tick off several topics in baseball that I hadn’t touched on yet. She went on to say,…
Read more(Chapter 4) Life Using the Analogy of Baseball, Inning Four
Decision-making is a huge part of life. Often times the success or failure in any endeavor is determined by the decisions that are made by the leadership. Most organizations employ a system of governance that features a hierarchical management structure, where the most critical decisions are made by people in higher executive positions. The higher…
Read more(Chapter 3) Life Using the Analogy of Baseball, Inning Three
In inning number three we are going to explore more of the similarities between Baseball and life. It continues to amaze me that there are so many parallels between the two. You might say, “How can you compare a game to the all-important subject of Life itself?” In this article I am not suggesting that…
Read more(Chapter 2) Life Using the Analogy of Baseball, Inning Two
This post is a continuation of the baseball analogy that I started in the previous entry. It’s amazing to see the number of similarities we find when comparing baseball and life in general. Let’s take a look at a few more: Baseball – Disappointments:The situation I described in the previous post regarding the Cardinals and…
Read more(Chapter 1) Life Using the Analogy of Baseball, Inning One
I was sitting here tonight, Monday, watching the St. Louis Cardinals baseball game and simultaneously talking with the Lord about Tuesday’s blog subject. As I often do, I said, “Lord, what do You want me to write about, not what do I want to focus on.” Initially, nothing was coming to mind. Then, seemingly out…
Read more(Chapter 23) More about Forgiveness
Downloads from the Lord: More about Forgiveness I referenced Mark 11:25 in the previous two blog posts, where forgiveness is mentioned as an essential part of our life. Mark 11:25(NIV) 25And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins. As…
Read more(Chapter 22) Forgiveness
Downloads from the Lord: Forgiveness I referenced Mark 11:25 in the previous blog post, where forgiveness is mentioned as an essential part of our life. Here is that entire Bible passage, (verses 20-25 for context), to refresh our memory: Mark 11:20-26 (NIV) 20In the morning, as they went along, they saw the fig tree withered…
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