This time last year, I had visited with Kevin Negaard for one brief phone call, I had never spoken with Dan Bryan, and I had never heard of John Scukanec.
In 2022, I have joyfully watched all three of them bringing hope and healing into ...
Read Article
Friends


The Best First Pitch
In October of 2021, Kevin Negaard called me. He had read A Year of Playing Catch and wanted to take it to the next level — playing catch for a year to raise $100,000 for his local Miracle League. (Kevin is on Day #227 today and has already ...
Read Article

Callings
The calling of a musician is not acoustic perfection. The calling of a musician is to use their gifts and abilities to create melodies and harmonies, a soundtrack that will inspire, heal, and give strength to our cluttered hearts and ...
Read Article

Sioux City, Iowa
September 2021
Ethan,
I first read “A Year of Playing Catch” back in February and it so inspired me.
We have a few areas of common ground — playing catch with our fathers, a love of baseball, employment in a church setting, ...
Read Article

GRBL Championship Sunday 2021
The Moon City Mavericks are the 2021 champions of The Grip’N’Rip Baseball League.
Which means the Ozark Mountain Ducks are not back-to-back champions.
Which means this is a story about my team losing the last game of the ...
Read Article