The first sentence in one of my favorite unpublished stories that I’ve ever written is, “The secret to peace on earth is music.”
Music is not perfection.
Music is not performance.
Music is not objective.
Music is all of the ...
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Family
You Are Invited
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 ...
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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 ...
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Baseball is Slow. Good.
At 3 PM, on Friday afternoon, Dad and I drove to Hammons Field to cheer on the Missouri State University baseball team in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. The weather was perfect — only one small, cotton-ball cloud was spotted in ...
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The Quest For a Batting Average, Part Six – 2.0
This story starts with a book.
That book came about because my daughters challenged and encouraged me to see what would happen if I played catch every day for an entire year.
That year of playing catch gave me just enough confidence ...
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