Why is Baseball so streaky? Why am I?

It is not DiMaggio’s’s 56 game hitting streak or Ted Williams 84 game of reaching base streak that puzzle me.  They are just amazing accomplishments by the best who were

Remember the Cost

The 4th of July is for celebrating our independence.  Memorial Day is for remembering the cost. Work that produces a good result, whether it is the satisfaction of a completed

Do you know what you believe?

More from the Matheny Manifesto “I need to let you know where I stand. I have no hidden agenda. I have no ulterior motive other than what I said about

The Need for Discipline

Here is some more from the Matheny Manifesto. “There is not an excuse for lack of hustle on a baseball field. From the first step outside the dugout they will

Victory comes to good guys who play the right way.

There is an ethic that influences Mike Matheny and there is a faith that drives his ethic. Below is an excerpt from “The Matheny Manifesto.” You can read more on

Get your game face on.

            The last few blogs focused on losses and dark emotions.  When I quite avoiding them, I realized they were perfect times to put on my game-face. 

Loss can make us more.

I wish improvement; advancement and success only meant adding one victory on top of another. It also means fully experiencing each loss no matter how painful it is. “Catastrophic loss

Transformed or Destroyed, but never the same.

Tonight I speak at a Maundy Thursday service. The mood of this night troubles me. Events in the ministry of Christ increased with rapid intensity. More activity is recorded in

Growing the soul

“The soul is elastic, like a balloon. It can grow larger through suffering.” Baseball seasons are full of drama, and I’m not referring to the competition or the crazy 8th

Healing Spiritual Wounds

An old Hasidic rabbi spoke these words on his death bed. “When I was young, I set out to change the world. When I grew older, I perceived that this