Great piece. As an aside, my personal motto is "It always comes back to baseball." Among other things, this means I notice almost every streaming story will, sooner or later. reference baseball as some kind of touchstone. A historical referent to the kind of integrity and teamwork dreaming we all do...even baseball as a conduit for social progress (think Jackie Robinson) (and of late our first female mlb coaches)... as you have so beautifully detailed here... chasing butterflies and expansive capacities indeed...wonderfully imagined in your writing!
I was just reading a fun essay at https://dynomight.substack.com/p/things "Things that Don't Work": #12 on the list of things that don't work, was explaining the rules of a new game before starting to play. The best thing to do (for all ages) is to just jump in, and learn the game as you play.
I really love this analogy, maybe particularly because I love baseball! Such a well-timed piece. I am a pastor. Lately I’ve been thinking about small churches and what happens when they do not experience the change of adding a new voice to the community. Like getting stuck in one position. And how much is missed when we stay the same. “Utility players”, what a great illustration. Thank you!
Great piece. As an aside, my personal motto is "It always comes back to baseball." Among other things, this means I notice almost every streaming story will, sooner or later. reference baseball as some kind of touchstone. A historical referent to the kind of integrity and teamwork dreaming we all do...even baseball as a conduit for social progress (think Jackie Robinson) (and of late our first female mlb coaches)... as you have so beautifully detailed here... chasing butterflies and expansive capacities indeed...wonderfully imagined in your writing!
Thank you, Paul!
I was just reading a fun essay at https://dynomight.substack.com/p/things "Things that Don't Work": #12 on the list of things that don't work, was explaining the rules of a new game before starting to play. The best thing to do (for all ages) is to just jump in, and learn the game as you play.
I really love this analogy, maybe particularly because I love baseball! Such a well-timed piece. I am a pastor. Lately I’ve been thinking about small churches and what happens when they do not experience the change of adding a new voice to the community. Like getting stuck in one position. And how much is missed when we stay the same. “Utility players”, what a great illustration. Thank you!
Thank you, Lisa! It's always useful for the system to get the jolt of a new person.