Runner's Gospel
I love to run. What began as an indirect means toward the end of playing the greatest sport in the world (soccer, of course), grew into a love of its own after my college years ended. I started to become one of those crazy people who wake up early on vacation for a run. I began dabbling in races, working up even to a marathon, and began to view running as a recharge, even though it expended everything from my body. I’m a runner, and I love to run. And one thing I have loved
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What is Actually Required of Me?
“Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Mark 10:17 Jesus, what should I be doing with my life? What are you asking of me? What are you inviting me to? What do you demand of me? What is required of me? I haven’t accomplished that spiritual goal. I haven’t mastered that one elusive virtue. I haven’t achieved that “status” of holiness. I don’t have it all together. I fall daily. I make mistakes. I’m not Catholic famous. I’m not going on mission trips or evangelizing t
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Just Answer His Question
You would think by this point I’d remember that the Word of God is living and effective, and that it has the power and ability to continue to speak to us in different ways in different times and seasons. And yet, I’m always in shock when something new strikes me from a well-worn passage. Literally, mouth open, mumbling something along the lines of, “how long has that been written there? I’ve never noticed that before!” This happened to me the other day. Rereading through the
Dec 31, 20253 min read
Even the Best Laid Plans...
I will never forget when the sweet elderly lady in my Bible Study grabbed my arm and whispered, even though it was loud enough for...
Oct 10, 20254 min read