It’s getting harder all the time to say, “I’m a Christian.” I’m not afraid to say I’m a Christian. All I want to do is express the love of Jesus. With these kids, I don’t want to say, “I’m a Christian.” If I do, their first thought could be that I am judging them, and that’s not what I’m about at all. No matter what, I don’t need the details to know that really bad things have happened to them. They might have survived being trafficked. They are motivated even though they were kicked out of their homes by their families. I love their dreams so much, because these kids are very motivated to become somebody. I wanted them to know how much I love them.
And I wanted to make sure they knew how I really felt. And they might have written me off, or maybe distrusted me, for being Christian.
But I know that some of the kids who came to the game that day could have been gay. So when I told her I was a follower of Jesus, I thought she would have a lot of reservations about me. They came out about their sexuality, and their parents kicked them out. I’ve been told that some of the kids in Larkin Street have been kicked out of their homes. You know?”Īctually, she was very accepting of that, which was pretty interesting. But I’m not going to come across as holier-than-thou. I love Him! So I just try to follow in His footsteps and I try to do what He tells me to do. So I finished, “All I can really say is that I’m a follower of Jesus Christ. I’m more Christian, if I had to choose, but this is such a long definition!” That made her laugh. She was still listening, so I said, “I’m not really either, I guess. I don’t agree with some of their theological views, and I don’t agree with how they handle people at times either.” And I don’t necessarily agree with the Catholic Church. Especially with the way they handle people at times. But honestly? I disagree with some of the things that Christian people say they believe. But I don’t know if there is a side.” I thought about what to say. And I told her, “Well, if I have to side with one, it’s going to be Christianity. But then she looked at me, and she asked, “Are you a Christian? Are you a Catholic?” And I said, “I’m neither.”
It says Solus Christus.” She asked me, “What does that mean?” And I said, “In Christ alone.” One of them had a tattoo on her arm, and when she saw mine, she said, “Hey, what does that tattoo on your arm say?” I said, “It’s Latin. One year, when I was still pitching, I took seven or eight of the kids to a Giants game. I do some work with Larkin Street Youth Services, a San Francisco-based youth ministry.
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