Encouraging a vibrant, everyday faith.
March 11th, 2013
Summing it all up, friends, I’d say you’ll do best by filling your minds and meditating on things true, noble, reputable, authentic, compelling, gracious—the best, not the worst; the beautiful, not the ugly; things to praise, not things to curse. Philippians 4:8 MSG Anyone else have spring fever? Ready for spring break? Hitting that low ...
January 16th, 2013
Have you ever felt that you’ve missed out on something because you showed up too late? Maybe circumstances outside your control have prevented you from achieving or learning something you’ve always desired? Maybe you wonder if you should even bother starting or trying again. This past Sunday I ran the Disney World Marathon – 26.2 ...
May 17th, 2012
Have you entered the give away yet for a copy of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Here Comes the Bride? What? Not yet? Quick, go do it here! Finishing well isn’t easy. I’m definitely not great at it. I made blinds for the windows in our office. Well, for 3 out of 4 windows, that ...
January 15th, 2012
Last week, I posted at Circle of Friends about how one of my goals for 2012 was to stay more consistently disciplined in all areas of my life, with new daily habits of discipline as opposed to catch-up habits. I have a pattern, as I do when I drive, to hit the gas, then coast, ...
September 22nd, 2011
Don’t believe everything you think. That was a bumper sticker that caught my eye on the highway this weekend. I wished I had read that phrase earlier in the day, before I ran my half marathon as opposed to on the way home from the race. I approached mile 10 that day and started feeling ...
August 21st, 2011
In case you missed my previous post about the slant-y, wild 13.1 mile half marathon my running-partner-in-crime Jen and I ran this weekend, you’ll want to read that for a bit of framework for this piece. It. Was. Insane. And I will totally do it again next year, even though it hurts to go up ...
August 20th, 2011
Today, I ran the most challenging 13.1 miles ever. I’m claiming false advertising. The race was local and the pamphlet claimed that the course was beautiful (true), challenging (true), and a nice mix of trail, paved and gravel roads (false). It was 99% trail and nothing nice about it. Will I do it again? Oh ...
July 11th, 2011
My running partner Jen and I recently ran our first trail race. For ten miles, we hopped logs, jumped little streams, dodged rocks and climbed hills. It was the most strenuous and rewarding ten miles I have ever run. Three years ago, I never would have imagined that I could run a race like that ...
May 18th, 2011
Part 1 I took a deep breath and offered a prayer for help. It was no longer about my time (which was going to be terrible) or how many miles left, but how much life I could live and give in those next five miles. When you hang out in the back of the race, ...
May 16th, 2011
Three years ago if you had told me that running 15.6 miles would change my life, I would have replied, “You mean end my life?” I couldn’t run 2 miles nor did I want to. But this past Saturday, I’m glad I ran those 15.6 miles, even though I was sick. I fought a terrible ...
