There’s nothing wrong with feedback. The problem is most people are living FOR feedback, rather than FROM feedback…
Many times what we see from people is not the “real” issue. It’s just the spewing out of all the crap inside. This is just another reason why Sports Ministry is so vital to refining a person towards holiness…
It was also a lesson made possible only by Christianity. I really don’t know anything about Galarraga’s or Joyce’s beliefs, but I do know that it was Christianity that taught the world the virtues of humility and forgiveness…
Want to start up some interesting conversation? Float this question out into your next gathering, whatever kind it is. Whenever I have the opportunity to do this, I have never been disappointed and am always stimulated by the responses that quickly come.
As unique as this story is, perhaps the most under-reported aspect of it has been the sportsmanship and maturity exhibited by both the pitcher and the umpire. I really don’t think either of them could have handled the situation any better…
My challenge to anyone reading this is to dig deep inside yourself and identify if you have made a ‘good’ desire a ‘bad’ goal. For many of us it will take a lot of courage to go to that place because it is very deep and dark…