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Shaming of the True
Shaming of the True is a sports story about Sly Young and how his strong character enables him to compete at the highest level in baseball, basketball and football.Each chapter is followed by a spiritual life lesson and how it relates to sports.
180 pages, Paperback
Published April 17, 2009
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October 15, 2025
Full disclosure - the author and I graduated from high school together. We were not good friends at that time, but we knew each other. I don’t think that shared history has biased my response to this book, but I admit that I bought it and read it because I found out in connection with a class reunion that a classmate had written it.
It was a very pleasant surprise. The author’s approach is original and unique, to my knowledge. For 20 chapters, he alternates a vignette from the trajectory of a young athlete’s pursuits in baseball, football, and basketball, with a chapter relating a particular scripture/virtue that has implications in the preceding vignette. Some examples are discernment, patience, obedience, humility. In so doing, the virtue/scripture comes to life and gains meaning, because the reader is led to see how it applies in real-life situations. I was a little skeptical while reading the first two or three chapters as to whether this book is my “cup of tea,” but then I found myself not only hooked, but greatly moved by it. I found myself reflecting on these concepts and this was good for me. A quite enriching experience, and isn’t that why we read? One chapter inspired me to have a talk with my own son about something I think is troubling him and that he needs to focus and work on. I believe he gained a different perspective.
I feel confident that anyone who reads this book with an open mind and heart will benefit greatly and be grateful that they read it; this has been my response to it.
One more disclosure - this book was not well proofread. There are a lot of typos, which normally drive me crazy, but I found the substance so meaningful, it bothered me very little. If a second edition is ever published, I’ll volunteer to proofread, gratis.
It was a very pleasant surprise. The author’s approach is original and unique, to my knowledge. For 20 chapters, he alternates a vignette from the trajectory of a young athlete’s pursuits in baseball, football, and basketball, with a chapter relating a particular scripture/virtue that has implications in the preceding vignette. Some examples are discernment, patience, obedience, humility. In so doing, the virtue/scripture comes to life and gains meaning, because the reader is led to see how it applies in real-life situations. I was a little skeptical while reading the first two or three chapters as to whether this book is my “cup of tea,” but then I found myself not only hooked, but greatly moved by it. I found myself reflecting on these concepts and this was good for me. A quite enriching experience, and isn’t that why we read? One chapter inspired me to have a talk with my own son about something I think is troubling him and that he needs to focus and work on. I believe he gained a different perspective.
I feel confident that anyone who reads this book with an open mind and heart will benefit greatly and be grateful that they read it; this has been my response to it.
One more disclosure - this book was not well proofread. There are a lot of typos, which normally drive me crazy, but I found the substance so meaningful, it bothered me very little. If a second edition is ever published, I’ll volunteer to proofread, gratis.
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