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SERMON ON THE MOUND will guide you into your greatness! It is a collection of inspirational, instructional, and interactive pitches for faith-based athletes to up their success. You will get fundamental guidance to strengthen your game and spiritual growth from Mikeís decades of experiences as a ballplayer and a believer. Baseball Pastor Mikeís unique intertwining of baseball analogies, rhymes, and biblical principles will have you learning, laughing, and leaning on God more. It will motivate deeper appreciation for the game while not overlooking God. Each chapter inning has set ups, baseball situations, intriguing stories, bible study sermons, post-game inner views, questions, and closing prayer. The Ball Playerís Prayer Focus is lit! The final inning will have you dealing at the plate looking great on the field and in life! Athletes of all types (players, parents, coaches, teams plus the entire baseball and Christian community) would greatly benefit from this book. Mike Harris has been a leader in ministry and in multiple communities for decades. He has a Bachelorís Degree in Pastoral Counseling, Sports Psychology, Biblical Studies from Palm Beach Atlantic University, a campus minister and assistant head coach. Mike is a former professional baseball player, multi-year minor league all-star, coach, scouting supervisor (Cardinals & White Sox). Baseball Pastor Mike founded Miracles Baseball Academy of Houston, a Non-Profit Christian baseball organization, Diamond Baseball Training developing thousands via camps, coaches clinics, private and group instructions. Placed hundreds in college/universities, dozens in pro baseball including his own son; Senior advisor, camp director, former program director for nationally known Scorpions Baseball. Baseball Pastor Mike is an ordained minister, author, speaker, chaplain, consultant, missionary, serves on several boards. Recipient of the Presidential Achievement Award for his community efforts. He and his wife Liz resides in Houston, Texas. They are gratefully blessed with children and grandchildren.

A 'health' perspective on a lifetime's involvement in sporting competion.I wonder how I'd be received, if having read another book on Health and Fitness; I then take the information straight from within the covers of that book and copy the same detail into yet 'another' Health and Fitness book? In the process of doing that I quietly remove the original author's name and replace theirs with mine. Would I? Could I? Get away with it? The answer of course is an absolute and resolute yes, because it seems to happen all the time. Furthermore, to appeal to a certain catchment of the market and to encourage a preponderance of readers, I then alter my 'less than attractive' elderly face and manufacture another one, I mean, I buy, a new much more attractive and presentable front, I do the latter by the application consisting of a mass of cosmetics - professionally applied of course, then as a last resort (I mean they're a 'must have' and exceedingly fashionable adornment on any celeb) I also cram into my somewhat elongated stretched gob 40 or 50 brand new 'Dick Emery' Dulux brilliant white and even teeth. With that final touch, reassuringly, the cover-up instantly succeeds in ridding me of the age induced wrinkles I have mysteriously but naturally accumulated over my 70 years of living, and turns my weather-beaten face into an unrecognisable smiling Adonis of a man! My face is now resplendent and just oozes health as I'm now transported centre stage from sitting room to the front cover of 'my' new book. The journey is miraculous, even my wife fancies me, can you believe it? On reflection I have a short pause for caution and I consider the book's information, but because it's all copied it can't be wrong, can it? I'll add a few well-chosen eye-catching words such as 'I hereby promise you this book (first edition) will change your life overnight!' The sting is finally complete, and the would-be super optimistic punter lays their money down and swiftly vacates the shop with an unmistakable 'can't wait' enthusiastic aura, normally reserved for first night honeymooners!And this book? Regardless of the above trivia, and regardless of living in a world whereby it's increasingly difficult to be 'original' or in any way different, because we are all subjected to just so much repetition and replication, my pledge is that the information included here has all been tried and tested during my current 70 years of consistent 'work alone' trial and error life. None of my views make me right, of course, and that's because all of us are unique and all of us are so very different. But this formula and this attitude worked for me - and more importantly still does! Am I on the make? Not in the slightest - if I release the book, I expect no financial gains, the book's given me something to do. If you read it, I hope it makes sense and is at least different! Good health!

How would you like to celebrate becoming 50 years old? Would you hold a massive party for all your friends and family? Or travel to somewhere in the world you've always wanted to visit? How about starting a completely new chapter in your life by learning a new skill, language, musical instrument or even write a book? Or would you think about doing what we did in 2013 and go for a very ambitious stroll and walk 200-220 miles around the beautiful Cornish Coastal footpath? Come and join us on our journey from St Austell on the south coast, all the way to Bude on the north coast. Follow our trials and tribulations on such a long trek as we enact our plan of visiting pubs and beaches galore and turning the walk into a memorable adventure.

When you look at marriage, how would you describe it? Is it healthy, thriving, and vibrant, or is it slowly withering and losing the luster that characterized its early days? If the walls of your marriage have been broken and battered by the storms of life, there is yet hope for you! This book is an enduring victorious testimony of how two severely wounded people miraculously survived their storm with God's help and through the help of others. Ronnie & Mike Harris have been where you are. When it seemed as though there was no hope to ever rebuild what sin had destroyed in their marriage of 16 years, God, the Restorer of the Breach, stepped in and changed everything after 5 years of separation and divorce. Now after their 7th year of remarriage jubilee, their story must be told as mandated by God. Join Ronnie & Mike and see how every broken wall in your own marriage can be rebuilt and how your marriage can be become a place of healing and true restoration that can echo throughout the earth. This book is a great resource for those who are separated, divorced, married, and even re-married. Ronnie & Mike have three children. Ronnie has a Business Administration Degree. Mike is a licensed minister, former college coach, campus minister, youth director, Pastoral Counseling / Sports Psychology / Biblical Studies Degree. Former professional baseball player, coach, and scout (St. Louis Cardinals & Chicago White Sox). They both work together at Miracles Baseball Academy, 501(c)3 Non Profit founded by Mike. Ronnie & Mike are marriage advisors and lay leaders at The Church Without Walls (Houston, TX) under Senior Pastor Dr. Ralph Douglas West. They are also sought after for Marriage Enrichment Workshops & Public Speaking Engagements as Mike entertains Sports Ministry and Preaching Opportunities, etc.

A deep exploration of the Brythonic Celtic mysteries, focusing on the cult of Taliesin, the legends of King Arthur, the tales of the Mabinogion, and how the bardic symbolism of stellar constellations relates to the Welsh landscape.

Whether we are male or female, young or old, a young boy's search for respect is something we can all relate to. The search for significance is an innate desire that permeates our choices, even though we don't always realize it. Especially when what we bring to the table (our natural strengths) aren't so obvious and positive attention isn't so automatic. And so it was with Curio. This is a story of an adolescent's search for himself, told through the bedtime talks between a single, widowed father and his son. Not only does it portray a healthy relationship between father and son, it uncovers many of the paradoxes associated with our search for a respectful identity. Each night, Dad spurs his son on like Jesus would have, with just enough insight to prod Curio's desire for more. Until finally, Curio surprises his father with wisdom straight out of Heaven itself.

BALANCE--that subtle but oh so necessary ingredient for success. Whether it be playing a song, swinging a golf club, surfing a wave, raising a child, or living the Christian life, knowing where to draw the fine lines between the good and the not-so-good is a daily challenge. It can mean the difference between failure and success. We search the scriptures for wisdom, for a new tip to bring it all together, only to experientially realize that the Christian life is more than just a formula for success. To our demise and ultimately the beginnings of our Christian maturity, we discover that there are no perfect formulas, only a perfect God and imperfect man. And even though Jesus Christ is our supernatural link, the fine lines between His way and ours can be difficult to see. For instance, last week were you bold or prideful? Humble or timid? Cautious or fearful? Faithful or foolhardy? So many fine lines; so easy to fool ourselves. Oft unaware, we sing our heartfelt rendition of the Perfect Song...and then wonder why there isn't an encore.

Mike Harris got the entrepreneurial bug in 1986 and has been involved in creating businesses ever since. With three, one billion pound consumer businesses to his credit, there is nobody better to help you come up with the idea that's going to make your fortune and, crucially, turn the dream into reality.