Walkout songs

Last week, I had the chance to go to a Cincinnati Reds game, and enjoy the surrounds, sights and sounds of the ballpark. Even though the home team lost, it was still a good time. Sitting in the upper deck on a sunny day, I got a bit of a sunburn, but have received no sympathy from anyone about that.

Times have changed at the ballpark (not just the prices!). Back in the day, it used to be that a batter would walk up to the plate to the sounds of an announcer saying his name and maybe, if you were lucky, his position. It was all so formal, almost solemn. "Now batting… third baseman…Aurelio... Rodriguez."

Things are different nowadays. On the big screen in Left Field is all the the information in the world about the player coming to bat - more than one person can comprehend in the time that person is at bat. And now, when the batter comes to the plate, the baseball players get their own walkout or walk-up songs - the song that is played when they come to bat.

What song would you have as your walkout song? What song would you have played when you step to the plate for your first major league at bat? Oh the choices are endless, aren't they?

And what walkout songs would Jesus have used for his ministry? There are definitely different songs for the different aspects of his ministry, and many of our hymns focus on that and would fit the bill.

I encourage you to think of what songs are the songs that would define you and your faith journey.

Care to share what those songs might be?

Peace,

Pastor Charlie
(short blog today - at a Continuing Ed event this week)