I AM COMPLETELY CONFIDENT IN MY GOD (2 OF 2)
by Scott Maze
Scripture: Habakkuk 3:1-19
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I Am Completely Confident In My God (2 of 2)
Series: Majoring in the Minors
Scott Maze
Habakkuk 3:1-19
It’s officially summer! The heat is on and the end is out. For many, this is the start of baseball season. A lot of you are big baseball fans - more so than me. I was a bigger baseball fan back when I was a kid collecting baseball cards.
Share Your Baseball Stories
We are majoring in the minor Prophets this summer. I’ll explain why they are called ‘‘minor’’ in a moment. In fact, I would like our church family to share your PERSONAL baseball stories with us.
My First Baseball Game
Now, I have never caught a fly ball and yes, I remember exactly where I was when the Rangers were down to the last out to possibly win the World Series in 2011. One of my fondest memories is my paternal grandfather Alvin Maze took me to my first baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on August 12, 1980. If you know your baseball history, that was a special team. The Pirates had just won the World Series the year before and this was the ‘‘We Are Family’’ Pirates, if some of you remember the Pointer Sisters singing that song. So it was my first baseball game and I was almost nine years old when the New York Mets beat the Pirates 3-1 at the old Three Rivers Stadium. I am sure I was wide-eyed because there were more people in that stadium than all the combined people who lived in my hometown. I remember sitting behind Homeplate and I was able to watch my favorite player at the time, Willie Stargell. I loved ‘‘Pops’’ and was glad to see him at first base with those old black and yellow uniforms on with the stars on their caps. The biggest part of the game happened in the top of the 9th when New York Met left fielder, Steve Henderson hit an inside-the-park home run. It’s a really rare feat where the ball is hit and stays inside the field of play. The hitter runs around all four bases before he is thrown out. I loved those Pirates so much as a kid that I continu ...
Series: Majoring in the Minors
Scott Maze
Habakkuk 3:1-19
It’s officially summer! The heat is on and the end is out. For many, this is the start of baseball season. A lot of you are big baseball fans - more so than me. I was a bigger baseball fan back when I was a kid collecting baseball cards.
Share Your Baseball Stories
We are majoring in the minor Prophets this summer. I’ll explain why they are called ‘‘minor’’ in a moment. In fact, I would like our church family to share your PERSONAL baseball stories with us.
My First Baseball Game
Now, I have never caught a fly ball and yes, I remember exactly where I was when the Rangers were down to the last out to possibly win the World Series in 2011. One of my fondest memories is my paternal grandfather Alvin Maze took me to my first baseball game at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh on August 12, 1980. If you know your baseball history, that was a special team. The Pirates had just won the World Series the year before and this was the ‘‘We Are Family’’ Pirates, if some of you remember the Pointer Sisters singing that song. So it was my first baseball game and I was almost nine years old when the New York Mets beat the Pirates 3-1 at the old Three Rivers Stadium. I am sure I was wide-eyed because there were more people in that stadium than all the combined people who lived in my hometown. I remember sitting behind Homeplate and I was able to watch my favorite player at the time, Willie Stargell. I loved ‘‘Pops’’ and was glad to see him at first base with those old black and yellow uniforms on with the stars on their caps. The biggest part of the game happened in the top of the 9th when New York Met left fielder, Steve Henderson hit an inside-the-park home run. It’s a really rare feat where the ball is hit and stays inside the field of play. The hitter runs around all four bases before he is thrown out. I loved those Pirates so much as a kid that I continu ...
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