The American pastime used to be the nickname for baseball. These days there are so many different sports options that I don't think baseball is still the revered sport. Whatever the case, the objective in baseball is to hit the ball, run the bases and cross home plate to score a run. Unless you are on defense. Then your goal is to keep the other team from scoring runs. Abner Doubleday created the game way back, never. Look it up. Doubleday was a decorated Civil War hero who fired the first shot at the Battle of Fort Sumter and was crucial at Gettysburg. However, he never mentioned his role as creator of baseball. Are you surprised? I was too. So, what is the connection between baseball and Doubleday? There are two that I see. Most of us have believed a myth about baseball's creator and didn't even know it. Whether we thought it important or not, we were told that old Abner gave us America's pastime, when in fact he didn't. The other connection is that base...
These are devotional, and other, thoughts from a guy who lived in Brazil from 1997 to 2023. I recount personal experiences and Bible applications with most of my posts. These "posts" are mostly for me but if you want to, you can read them too!