I get mixed responses when I mention the idea of “missional living” in various circles. They usually fall into one of three categories. Sometimes I can read the response immediately in someone’s expression of curiosity that seems to say “What on earth is missional living?” Understandable since “missional” has been defined in so many ways.

I’ve always been a big baseball fan, growing up following the Chicago Cubs and playing baseball competitively through high school. Fascinated by the mystery of the knuckleball, the crack of the bat on a solid line drive, and hitting records that were made to be broken, the game of baseball has occupied a lot of my time. How a baseball is made has always intrigued me...