If you know what you’re going to write before you begin, why bother? How do you decide what to write about? It’s a question authors hear frequently. We try to offer deep, wise responses that make the process appear more purposeful, and less desperate, than it really is. However, I thought it might be a […]
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A Time To Let Go
I like the way we released my dad last weekend. (To Everything There Is A Season)
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Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it? This week of training: 108 miles (and some vacation/R&R) SURVIVE OR THRIVE When I […]
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The first question which the priest and the Levite asked was: “If I stop to help this man, what will happen to me?” But… the good Samaritan reversed the question: “If I do not stop to help this man, what will happen to him?” Martin Luther King, Jr. In my introductory Sunday school class I […]
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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. My dad passed away about one month ago. I haven’t said much about it to anyone, mostly because I’m not quite sure what I feel about the whole thing. Dad and I weren’t really close. No animosity, just distance […]
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God doesn’t want us simply to sign up. He wants us to show up. Pastor Dary Northrup I’m kind of a “sound bite” guy when I listen to sermons. I seem to recall the central points of a message when I can distill them into a single statement. This notion of “signing up vs. showing […]
Continue readingThere’s Only One Way–Just Do It
Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it? This week of training: 161 miles JUST DO IT I received a wonderful comment […]
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Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. (Hebrews 11:1) Yesterday I wrote about Substance Or Style. I was struck by how frequently Christians get caught up in style and forget substance. At times we all become immersed in form and doctrine and liturgy, and we lose sight of […]
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If you don’t know where you’re going, you might end up someplace else. Yogi Berra There’s not much point to “living on-purpose” unless we actually have a purpose in mind. It’s one thing to actively choose responses rather than simply reacting to whichever way the wind happens to blow. But how do I choose? What are […]
Continue readingHeroes And Critics
A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles. Christopher Reeve Lance Armstrong’s story inspires me. I hope you’ll take thirty seconds to watch this video:
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Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it? This week of training: 117 miles HOW TO BE REMARKABLE As a cyclist, I […]
Continue readingSheep And The Good Shepherd
“I am the good shepherd; I know my sheep and my sheep know me—just as the Father knows me and I know the Father—and I lay down my life for the sheep. (John 10:14-15)
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