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Jason Cunningham via email click here. To contact our administrative office via email click here. Another example of “grace in baseball” is pitcher Zach Grienke of the Kansas City Royals. In 2006, he decided to quit pitching even though many people believed he would eventually become an ace pitcher. It turned out that he suffered from depression and anxiety. He sought treatment and came back. In 2009 he won the Cy Young award as the American League’s best pitcher. There is grace in baseball: players written off are given new opportunities. Errors and failings can be erased. Sometimes it all happens in the same game. Bob Brenley of the San Francisco Giants set a record in a game in 1986. He made four errors in one inning. He also hit the game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game for the Giants. There is grace in baseball. It must be so. The players are human beings. There are sins, errors, omissions, misjudgments…and forgiveness. I would hope that people would also be able to see and say, “There is grace in the Christian church.” After all, our central message is one of grace and forgiveness; of new life and lost being found. So it is in I John 1:9 we read: “If we confess our sins, he (Christ) who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Or think of Ephesians 2:4-5: “But God, who is rich in mercy, out of the great love with which he loved us even when we were dead through our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ – by grace you have been saved…” There is grace…We want people to be able to see, know, and experience the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. And maybe Sunday worship is like opening day: last season’s standings are left behind and hope springs eternal. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you! Pastor Jason
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