A special place in the heart!
Since writing the book and giving the Your Life Matters message in speeches my view of the value of every life has expanded. I don't want anybody to feel
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
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
The Cost of Heroism
“Being a Christian is less about cautiously avoiding sin than about courageously and actively doing God’s will.” During the month of heroes I challenge myself to pay closer attention to
Character qualities of a hero
February is Black History month. On the Welcome to the Big Leagues blog it is also a month of Heroes–heroes and what it takes to be a hero. Heroes are
