I prayed for an early loss, and I’m not sorry about it. Facing adversity before wild success felt like the truest test of what we were trying to build. And what came from that 10–0 defeat gave me more energy for the work ahead than any win could have.

What if obedience isn’t supposed to come with proof that we heard God correctly? After a day spent worrying about fields, funding and whether His Farm System will ever become what we imagine, an unexpected viewing of Field of Dreams challenged me to stop asking the work to prove it was worth beginning, and simply be faithful with what God has put in front of us.

AI interpretation of this dream to disciple through baseball

A logo is often the first handshake any brand (or mission!) ever gets. Before a family reads a word of your "why," they've already met you on a cap, a jersey, a sign at the field entrance — and in that instant, a symbol is doing work that paragraphs and presentations cannot. It's a promise, subtle and quiet, waiting to be understood. Here's how we thought through the marks we hope will carry that promise well.

We’ve come to believe that most great things start before they’re ready. Before the plan is airtight, before the doubts quiet down, before you can promise anyone a finished picture of what's coming — you have to begin anyway. This is what that beginning has actually looked like for us: the doubt, the small mercies, the late-night questions about whether we're the right people for this. Not a polished announcement, but an honest one.