Don’t Stop

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: 107 miles (and some vacation/R&R) DON’T STOP Pain is temporary. […]

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Getting My Way

The success of love is in the loving – it is not in the result of loving. Of course it is natural in love to want the best for the other person, but whether it turns out that way or not does not determine the value of what we have done. Mother Teresa What do […]

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Defining The Circle

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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Survive Or Thrive

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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Asking The Right Questions

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 Everything There Is A Season

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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Sign Up Or Show Up

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 […]

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There’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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Compass Or Map?

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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