Download or read book From Dugout to Devotion Spiritual Lessons from Baseball written by Joshua Rhoades and published by . This book was released on 2024-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From Dugout to Devotion: Spiritual Lessons from Baseball" invites you to step onto the diamond not just as a fan of the game, but as a seeker of deeper truths. Baseball is more than just a sport; it's a reflection of life itself, filled with moments of triumph, defeat, perseverance, and grace. As the bat cracks against the ball and the crowd holds its breath, there's more at play than just the game. Beneath the surface, baseball is rich with spiritual parallels that speak to the heart of our faith journey. In every pitch, swing, and catch, there are lessons that echo the very principles of our Christian walk. The dugout, a place of preparation and strategy, mirrors our need for spiritual readiness and the importance of being grounded in God's Word. Just as players study their opponents and prepare for the game, we too must equip ourselves with spiritual wisdom and understanding to navigate the challenges we face in life. The devotion that drives a player to train, to push through pain and fatigue, mirrors the perseverance we are called to have in our faith-a devotion to God that requires discipline, dedication, and trust. This book takes you on a journey through the innings of life, drawing out spiritual insights from the game of baseball that can transform your walk with the Lord. It's about more than just the love of the game; it's about finding God's hand in every play, every challenge, and every victory. Whether you're standing in the batter's box, facing a curveball life has thrown your way, or running the bases, striving toward your goals, the lessons gleaned from baseball can guide you in your spiritual journey. Through the pages of "From Dugout to Devotion," you'll discover how the discipline, teamwork, and perseverance required on the field are the same virtues needed in our spiritual lives. The patience of waiting for the right pitch, the courage to swing even when the outcome is uncertain, and the resilience to get back up after a strikeout all mirror the spiritual truths we encounter in our walk with Christ. Each chapter delves into these parallels, offering encouragement, wisdom, and practical applications to help you grow in your faith. Whether you're a lifelong baseball fan or new to the sport, this book will open your eyes to the deeper spiritual lessons that can be found in the game. It will challenge you to see your faith in a new light, to draw strength from the timeless truths embedded in the game, and to apply these lessons to your own life. As you turn the pages, you'll be inspired to approach your faith with the same passion and dedication that drives a baseball player to strive for excellence. "From Dugout to Devotion" is more than just a book-it's a call to deepen your relationship with God through the timeless lessons found in America's favorite pastime. So, step up to the plate, and let the game begin.
Download or read book Playing with Purpose Baseball Devotions written by Paul Kent and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you enjoy America’s pastime, you’ll love Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions—180 Spiritual Truths Drawn from the Great Game of Baseball. This brand-new devotional provides a reading a day for an entire season—or off-season!—highlighting intriguing players, both famous and less well known; important games through major league history; teams both current and forgotten, and more, drawing a spiritual point from each. Thought-provoking but never preachy, Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions is a perfect follow-up to the Playing with Purpose biographies of Major League Baseball, National Football League, and National Basketball Association stars from Barbour.
Download or read book Dugout Devotions II written by Del Dudoit and published by Iron Stream Books. This book was released on 2021-03-08 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the bottom of the 9th. Bases are loaded. Your favorite player is up to bat. He swings. He hits. It's a.....grand slam! It's true, fans love a good game. And we love players that inspire us. But who inspires the players? Who do they look to for guidance? Dugout Devotions takes an inside look at several popular Major League Baseball players and their successes both on and off the diamond. Recounting personal stories about their walk with Jesus Christ, these superstars serve God and provide a great counterbalance to the negative stories about athletes. Through these daily devotions, these players will inspire you once more but this time it will be you in the batter's box. Get ready to knock the curveball out of the park for the grand slam in your spiritual life.
Download or read book Look at the Fields written by Don Leypoldt and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-01-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From opening day to the end of the season, Look at the Fields is dedicated to making sure God remains your coach. This unique collection features sixty-three devotions, each with a baseball-themed anecdote that introduces a Christian concept. That's nine weeks-enough to carry summer baseball league players all the way through the season. Readers will learn to live each day as if it's opening day with Christ...all while absorbing numerous other lessons that will keep them centered in their faith. Each devotion is a daily reading complete with a lesson, a Bible memory verse, and a prayer. Author Don Leypoldt, Jr. a sportswriter for the Bucks County Herald newspaper, hopes Look at the Fields will enable ballplayers to grow in their faith and draw closer to God even when a church family or fellowship group is not available. This book is sure to find a home with high school and college baseball players, as well as youth pastors, as it helps readers continue making home runs for their faith-both on and off the field.
Download or read book Dugout Wisdom written by Dan Migala and published by . This book was released on 2008-06 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Dugout Wisdom: Life Lessons From Baseball, author Dan Migala finds the heart in baseball, collecting and sharing words of wisdom from 55 greats of the game. These first person accounts of baseball's pivotal life moments feature noted players such as Sparky Anderson, Wade Boggs, Rod Carew, Whitey Ford, Goose Gossage, Monte Irvin, Kirby Puckett, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Ron Santo and Mike Schmidt. These stories transcend baseball; stories that players, fans and people of all ages can relate to, sympathize with, and learn from. Portions of the proceeds from book sales will benefit the Professional Baseball Scouts Foundation, the Association of Professional Baseball Players of America and the National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum's education program.
Download or read book Baseball Devotions written by Paul Kent and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Steal Away written by Hugh Poland and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With grace and passion, Poland shines light on the real soul of baseball by weaving testimonies of its soldiers of the game with biblical stories. Come share life's lessons through the lens of America's greatest pastime. - Back cover.
Download or read book Life Is Yours to Win written by Augie Garrido and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PRACTICE PERFECT,PLAY FOR FUN August “Augie” Garrido has led his baseball teams to more victories than any coach in any sport in NCAA Division I history. He is also the winner of more National Coach of the Year awards than any other college coach. Garrido’s former teams at Cal State Fullerton and, more recently, at the University of Texas together have compiled a total of five College World Series championships under his leadership. But despite his unmatched record as a winner, Coach Garrido is not a win-at-all-costs coach. He teaches his players to focus on developing character, being good teammates, mastering all facets of the game, and playing with joy in the moment rather than focusing on the scoreboard. Augie teaches that the challenges faced in the batter’s box or on the pitcher’s mound are universal—and that the lessons learned on the diamond are applicable off the field, too. Life Is Yours to Win follows the coach’s journey of self-discovery and his evolution from being driven by fear to being motivated by passion. His unique and compelling book offers this revered leader’s philosophy on life and his thoughtful approach to helping young men understand both who they are and how they can be successful in their work, their relationships, and their communities. Every individual will find advice worth following including: •BE A PLAYER, NOT A PROSPECT—If you want to be considered a star in your field, whatever that may be, you need to be fully engaged. Augie once had his Labrador retriever demonstrate the joy of play to a team that needed a reminder of why they loved baseball as children. •STEP UP, SUPERMAN—Augie stages a costumed Superhero Scrimmage each Halloween to remind his players that their inner superhero is just waiting for the perfect moment when preparation meets opportunity, potential is fulfilled, and destiny is realized. •THE FEARLESS FIELD—To be successful in the often cruel game of baseball, players must master fear and other emotions so they are energized rather than paralyzed. Augie once rented a hearse and placed a casket on the pitcher’s mound to help a slumping Cal State Fullerton team bury their fears and put losses behind them. •BUDDHA AT BAT—Bunting and other “small ball” skills are not as glorified as home runs and big plays, but Coach Garrido’s teams are known for putting players in scoring position and winning games by following a Zen-like philosophy of claiming small victories during each at bat, in each inning that add up to winning records. Augie’s coaching methods are unconventional, but his creativity and wry humor provide masterful life lessons. His insights will help you both on and off the field by providing fresh approaches to conquering fears, living with joy and passion in each moment, establishing personal principles, and appreciating the value of both losing and winning. This is a book by a beloved college coach but it is packed with Major League insights and anecdotes featuring many of baseball’s greatest players and most inspiring spirits. Life Is Yours to Win will appeal to anyone who appreciates the wisdom of a proven winner in sports and in life.
Download or read book Dugout Devotions written by Del Duduit and published by Iron Stream Books. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's the bottom of the 9th. Bases are loaded. Your favorite player is up to bat. He swings. He hits. It's a.....grand slam! It's true, fans love a good game. And we love players that inspire us. But who inspires the players? Who do they look to for guidance? Dugout Devotions takes an inside look at several popular Major League Baseball players and their successes both on and off the diamond. Recounting personal stories about their walk with Jesus Christ, these superstars serve God and provide a great counterbalance to the negative stories about athletes. Through these daily devotions, these players will inspire you once more but this time it will be you in the batter's box. Get ready to knock the curveball out of the park for the grand slam in your spiritual life.
Download or read book Playing with Purpose Baseball Devotions written by Paul Kent and published by Barbour Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you enjoy America's pastime, you'll love Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions--180 Spiritual Truths Drawn from the Great Game of Baseball. This brand-new devotional provides a reading a day for an entire season--or off-season!--highlighting intriguing players, both famous and less well known; important games through major league history; teams both current and forgotten, and more, drawing a spiritual point from each. Thought-provoking but never preachy, Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions is a perfect follow-up to the Playing with Purpose biographies of Major League Baseball, National Football League, and National Basketball Association stars from Barbour.
Download or read book And God Said Play Ball written by Gary Graf and published by Liguori/Triumph. This book was released on 2006-02-06 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book manages to be entertaining and educational, as well as fanciful and inspirational. It draws from the lives of Jesus Christ and Yogi Berra, Joseph of Nazareth and Joe DiMaggio, Moses and Hank Aaron, Saint Peter and Jackie Robinson. "And God Said, "Play Ball "" makes the Bible more approachable by relating it to a game loved by both children and adults. It shows that baseball is not only a game, but a never-ending series of lessons about life, as well. "And God Said, "Play Ball "" will appeal to Christian Athletes of any denomination. The author has been a baseball fan for more than forty years and a Catholic a lot longer than that. He has played, coached, watched, or taught baseball since he was seven years old. He is very active in lay ministry and catechetics at his Catholic parish in Seattle, and has found both the Bible and baseball to be among the greatest teachers in his life. This book includes 8 pages of timeless photographs. You won't find a more inspiring gift for that baseball player in your life--of whatever age--or that fan in front of your TV "Paperback" PDF Samples Selected Excerpts Listen to an interview with Gary Graf.
Download or read book The Winning Run written by Dan Bolin and published by NavPress Publishing Group. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dan Bolin and Ed Diaz have combined their love of baseball with real life lessons that will inspire men to maintain their walk with God throughout their busy schedules. Written from personal experience, this study will deepen the reader's relationship with God in a new way as they see how the hard in baseball and Christianity is what makes it great. Each devotional contains an anecdote, Extra Inning questions, and Scripture designed for under ten minutes of reading and reflection. The Winning Run is designed to refuel the busy readers' spiritual life while providing a needed breath of fresh air. Whether they want to read and discuss this book with a group or friends, read a chapter consistently for thirty-one days, or read every time they think about baseball, this book will inspire readers to be genuine men of God. Great for gift giving.
Download or read book A Place to Belong written by Megan Hill and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians know church is important, but sometimes it doesn't seem worth it. An eclectic assortment of people with differing personalities, political views, and parenting styles can make for awkward interactions and difficult connections. What’s the point of putting in the tough work to build relationships? But the Bible says God’s people ought to be bound together. It uses words like beloved, brothers and sisters, saints, and fellow laborers to describe their mutual relationship in the church. In this book, Megan Hill answers a common question of churchgoers: What’s so great about the church? With rich theology, practical direction, and study questions for group use, Hill encourages and equips both first-time visitors and regular members to delight in being a part of the local church—no matter how messy and ordinary it seems today. It is only when God’s people begin to see one another as the Lord sees them that they will truly find a place to belong.
Download or read book Catching Jesus written by Amy McNeill and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-08-29 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Baseball was, is, and always will be to me, the best game in the world. -Babe Ruth Catching Jesus is a book that captures the heart of every baseball player, coach or fan. Filled with twenty Bible-based devotions, Catching Jesus is simple enough for kids to understand but interesting enough for adults to enjoy. If you love baseball, you will love Catching Jesus!
Download or read book Intentional Walk written by Hugh Poland and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring stories about Curt Schilling, Frank Pastore, Ted Williams, Rube Waddell, and Ty Cobb, and drawing spiritual insight from these modern parables, this volume of devotionals will appeal to fans of America's favorite pastime--baseball.
Download or read book Sermon on the Mound written by Michael O'Connor and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about Michael O'Connor's three loves: baseball, his wife, and God. He hears God speaking to him on the diamond and in the stands.
Download or read book Dugout Wisdom written by Dan Migala and published by . This book was released on with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
