We Need Pitchers Not Belly Itchers!

Source: youthspecialties.com --- Wednesday, January 31, 2018
Do you remember the old, school-yard Baseball game chant – “ We need a pitcher not a belly-itcher” ? Did you ever have the traumatic moment playing some version of Baseball and have a group start chanting that phrase at you? It usually happened after a couple bad throws or after you had lost your “heat”. Sometimes it was just to complete mess with you. The phrase however has been ringing in my ears lately, when it comes to how we teach our Middle Years (5 th -9 th ) students. It is in a slightly different way, but it still holds some of the same emphasis and thought. Are we “on the ball” when it comes to our teaching or are we just throwing out lesson that are “belly-itchers”? “For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears (*and bellies?) they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions…” 2 Tim. 4:3 (NASB) WIFFLE BALL I love wiffle balls. Who doesn’t? It is how we all started playing Baseball. My son used to love to grab his little toy pitching machine, load it up with wiffle balls and slug away in the backyard. They are fun, easy to hit and great for younger players. They also hold great memories of childhood but if you are going to play a serious game of Baseball as an adult you can’t stay playing with a wiffle ball. So, are we “wiffle ball teaching” our students? Are we creating and teaching lessons that are based on childish and immature things? It is easy t ...

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