Weekday Wonderings: Baseball and Religion
A few years ago one of my colleagues told me about the sermon she was preaching on baseball. As a devoted Blue Jays fan, she brought insight to her discussion of the connection between the two. My own childhood experiences of baseball (attending long and seemingly incomprehensible Jays games, and being a last pick in gym class, with good reason) means that baseball is not my personal sport of choice.
However, baseball might be the most written about sport in its connection to religion – from comparing themes and values in baseball to the Christian faith to describing baseball as a religion in its own right, there are both superficial and complex analyses of their links. If you’re interested in the topic, you might already know that there are multiple books written about this – Crossing Home: The Spiritual Lessons of Baseball by James Penrice (1993), And God Said, “Play Ball!”: Amusing and Thought-Provoking Parallels Between the Bible and Baseball by Gary Graf (2005) and most recently Baseball As a Road to God: Seeing Beyond the Game by John Sexton (2014). You can also buy books of baseball devotions, such as Steal Away: Devotions for Baseball Fans by Hugh Poland (2006), and Playing with Purpose: Baseball Devotions by Paul Kent (2015). I can’t tell you whether any of these books are worth reading, but the number of books alone suggests anything I might write only scratches the surface. I will leave you with a few insights though: …
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