Grace and the Last Pitch
 
On the last Friday of March I was thinking about the beginning of the baseball season and some ways that the Christian life is like baseball.  I called the piece Grace and the First Pitch. 
 
Now it's the last Friday in October and the season has come to a wonderful and somewhat surprising end, especially for Phillies fans. And, yes, there was a certain grace in the last pitch.  As Brad Lidge fell to his knees, we knew that it was more than the thrill of victory as he would explain in a postgame interview.  There is always something becoming about giving thanks to God. 
 
Now it's the fans' turn. The newspapers tell us that there will be a million people at today's victory parade.  Continue Reading »