Baseball and Truth. Go see the movie "42"

  I saw the movie "42" this weekend with my son Matthew.  We both loved it and offers inspiration of the human heart. Matt just wanted to go play more ball! Loved the quote when Jackie Robinson asks Branch Rickey (GM of Dodgers), “Do you want a ball player who’s afraid to fight back?” Rickey responds, “No, I want a ball player with the guts not to fight back.” Sounds something that Jesus would say and do.

Go see this movie and take the kids (maybe 10 and up?).  My teen boys have seen it but think my 11 year old daughter should see it as well. There is quite a bit of the "N" word used,  but valuable lessons to be learned. This movie has way more wheat than weeds. 

A few weeks ago, George Weigel wrote a piece on this movie which ran in the Denver Catholic Register and quoting him he said at the end of the piece "amidst vast cultural and political confusions, Americans still believe in moral truths, moral absolutes, and moral courage—and yearn for opportunities to celebrate them. There’s an important lesson in that for the country’s religious and political leaders."  To see the entire article see the following link. http://www.archden.org/index.cfm/ID/10125?CFID=55251902&CFTOKEN=63576832

Most of us, including myself seem to shy away from that moral courage to fight the relativism of our world.  If we search deep into our hearts, does racism really belong in our lives?  Does abortion?  We have come a long way but probably still have a long way to go.  We can all lead by different ways.  Jackie Robinson lead by  showing is courage by leading on the baseball field and not fighting back.  Martin Luther King Jr. lead by speech. How will you lead?