Mets Spring Training Chaplain Wears Many Hats, but Carries One Book – NYTimes.com

Here’s one I didn’t get to while I was down in PSL but found interesting.

Dickey said Neiman, who did not study at a seminary, tended not to delve into complex theological issues. Instead, Neiman’s primary strength, Dickey said, was drawing lessons from his own eventful life.

Daniel Murphy has talked openly about his spiritual awakening this winter, one that helped him emerge from an emotional downward spiral induced by the second serious leg injury of his brief career.

“When you end up in the valley, you only have one place to look, and that’s up,” Murphy said. “I’d gone through an injury, come back from it, and I had the same thing happen, and I realized I wasn’t at peace with my life.”

via Mets Spring Training Chaplain Wears Many Hats, but Carries One Book – NYTimes.com.