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"Long ago and far away (from where I sit), women traditionally took on the role of raising children. Key components in nurturing were education and religion. The accomplishment and dignity of a mother’s job well done has been the foundation of sustainable family, community, nation…and personal self-esteem. Jan Met, better known as Mrs. Met, has raised three […]
Read more "Moms & Prayer"Start Prayin’, Because on Sunday, It Looked Liked End Times A Comin’ Animals know it: a change in light or a vibration in the earth signals unusual, transitioning conditions. That’s what Mets catcher’s Kevin Plawecki’s ascent to the pitching mound seemed to be in Sunday’s final game of the week’s series against the Nationals, when combined with a wildly lopsided 23-5 score: things […]
Read more "NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER FOR METS: Thursday, May 4, 2017"A friend who has read the Jewish bible & the New Testament three times tells me that everything one needs to know is in these books. Is the weekly cycle – six days of creation, followed by the day of rest – described in Genesis more important than many of today’s men and women know? Man’s ancient […]
Read more "Every Seven Days"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"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"Following the Mets’ sweep of the Cubs last week, The New York Times’ Dan Barry prepared a clever page one (sports section) story written in old-school, 1908 prose style. Can you imagine Barry (and his headline writer) using a calculus to come up with key concepts that reflect a century-distant past? ‘What words and phrases were popular in […]
Read more "The Old Ball Game"We know there’s a difference between entrepreneurs, who are natural at start-ups, and executives, who can sustain and strengthen an organization or effort once the energy of the original spark is spent. A similar ‘follow-through’ capacity is a sign of maturity, or seasoning. With the Mets 3-0 in the 2015 National League Championship Series, and our community six-and-a-half […]
Read more "Plate Discipline"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 […]
Read more "Politics & Moral Suasion"There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. Bruce Lee Mets’ management’s masterful progression of the team through the 2015 baseball season – the trades in late July; Wright’s return in late August, the NL East title in late September – gives confidence that […]
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