Someone taught Danny Saunders to hit a ball, run the bases, and come home. Chaim Potok‘s adolescent character in The Chosen emerges from a culture steeped in tradition, education, learning and study. While his family’s primary focus may have been the Torah and the Talmud, someone took responsibility for extending Danny’s learning to the ball […]
Read more "Down By The Shul Yard"Who knew that the MIT professor responsible for econometric studies of modern politics and health care reform would show up in Pray4Mets, justifying the coming together of baseball fans? Being a Mets fan is akin to being part of a spiritual community. There are shared values, traditions, rites. There are hymns. There’s a shrine, and a place of […]
Read more "Give Me That Baseball Religion"PRAY4METS, 2015 to now: who would have known? With two post-season appearances since our inception, Citi Field is sold out for the Mets home opener on Monday, April 3. Fans are smiling. My husband is happy. Life is good. As Mets fans prepare for the 2017 season, you are cordially invited to come together in community […]
Read more "Mets Vespers Sunday, April 2 7:30 pm"SPRING TRAINING FOR THE SOUL: Join Our Mailing List As Pitchers & Catchers report to Spring Training this week, Pray4Mets gets back in gear to keep fans’ spirits buoyant and help guide the Amazins to their best possible 2017 performance. Pray4Mets is a global community of people who are willing to put their hands together […]
Read more "Spring Training for the Soul"Former Met Daniel Murphy was centered about his religious beliefs and spirituality. These worked for him and the Mets during the 2015 season, but his out-there voice did not appear to fit with management vision. When it was announced that the team would decline his request for a multi-year contract, my husband and I, just coming off six months of […]
Read more "…And Sinners"On Sunday, July 24, 2016, Mets catcher Mike Piazza will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown, New York, doubling the number of Mets in the Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame election is baseball’s canonization. Pray4Mets’ biggest challenge in 2015 was discerning a way to help men who were rabid Mets fans and […]
Read more "Of Saints…"Mets folks came to Montclair last year to check out Pray4Mets’ weekly gathering at Tierney’s Temple — I mean Tavern. This year, strengthening our bonds, Mets General Manager Sandy Alderson penned a lovely thank-you note to us after our attendance on Opening Day (7-2). Pray4Mets and Citi Field have a stronger connection in 2016 than in 2015. Is it […]
Read more "Forging Spiritual Connections"Who would have thought New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio — controversial and unpredictable as he is as a political figure — would show a body language completely familiar with and respectful of spiritual practice? As good sports Guiliani and Bloomberg were, it’s hard to recall those former Gotham leaders with heads as bowed, arms as […]
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