Description: Jesus used parables to teach his disciples certain
truths about the gospel. The parables employed word pictures, such
as of planting seeds and other agricultural images, that were
familiar to his listeners. What kind of imagery could be used today
to talk about the gospel? Baseball, ""America's pastime,"" might be
one source of such familiar images. In this book Currie has
attempted to find theological themes and to describe the gospel in
the sport of baseball. Endorsements: ""From Jim Currie's superbly
assembled community of historical baseball players, baseball
aficionados, and biblical parables and characters, God's grace,
light, healing, and new life emerge, even to those who may think
they have little in common with either baseball or the Bible.
Readers will smile, belly laugh, remember struggles and losses, and
nod affirmatively, deeply grateful for many new insights
received."" -Ted Foote ""Jesus' kingdom parables are few and short,
and I long for more. That desire is satisfied in these pages:
provocative, enticing, enriching, inviting. Those who love God,
baseball, either, or both will find interwoven in this book
refreshing gifts from God's kingdom in Currie's love for the game's
people and story and his grounding in grace and holy texts. The
line between them is shown gloriously blurry, a joyous new parable
. . . and home run."" -Howard Reed ""Baseball fan and theologian,
Jim Currie, gives us a wonderful look at ways the national pastime
embodies themes that form the fabric of Christian faith. Each
chapter is filled with delightful baseball lore that brings
memories flooding back to baseball fans. But Currie goes on to
relate these stories, events, and sentiments to what matters most
in life: what Jesus said and did when he talked about the kingdom
of God. No fan with faith should miss this book "" -Donald K. McKim
""James Currie's The Kingdom of God Is Like . . . Baseball is
theologically intriguing and fascinatingly written for the
Community of Saints. As one who has 'used' baseball as a place to
go and mourn, to be 'lost' and, therefore, to be comforted until,
on each occasion, I made my way back 'Home, ' I relished each
comparison. Centered on the parables of Jesus, each chapter draws
the reader in to react, to make choices, to find the 'Holy' in the
'ordinary' Game of Life. We who call ourselves followers of Jesus,
get 'Home' when we have the eyes to see and the ears to hear the
word of God."" -Ann Weems About the Contributor(s): James S. Currie
has been a Presbyterian minister since 1979 and currently serves as
pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Pasadena, Texas. He is the
author of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary: Completing a
Century of Service (2002) and Planting Trees: A History of the
Presbyterian Pan American School (forthcoming).
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