Never wrestle in the mud with a pig. You’ll both get dirty, and the pig likes it. I think there’s a big difference between feedback and criticism.
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If you have no heart to change it, you have no right to criticize it. I’m skeptical whenever someone wants to provide “constructive criticism.”
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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: 107 miles (and some vacation/R&R) DON’T STOP Pain is temporary. […]
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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 […]
Continue readingDefining 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 […]
Continue readingA Time To Let Go
I like the way we released my dad last weekend. (To Everything There Is A Season)
Continue readingSurvive 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 […]
Continue readingAsking 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 […]
Continue readingTo 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 […]
Continue readingSign 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 […]
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 […]
Continue readingCompass 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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