While trying to come up with a meaningful topic for the morning, I spent a while online tracking my friend Ben finishing the Charlottesville Marathon. Several miles from the finish line, he was being paced by the women’s leader of the race, and he was slowly creeping closer to her. It was good drama,...
Read more →“No man needs sympathy because he has to work, because he has a burden to carry. Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.” ― Theodore Roosevelt Thinking as I do about meaning and purpose and Biblical answers, I’ve wondered a lot about...
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“The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.” ― C.G. Jung It is already Saturday, January 4th, and I recognize it has been a chunk of time since I’ve posted anything here. Part of the reason for the gap has been an on-going lack of clarity about what to write when sitting down...
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It has nagged me all of my life, this question, and for whatever reasons, the answer has continued to evade me. Yes, perhaps because of my fears, or because of my simple thinking, or because of my predilection to pursue pleasure. But as one ages, the question does not trail off and simply disappear. ...
Read more →The Gospel is first described in the New Testament as the message that Jesus and his followers shared with those they encountered about the Kingdom of God. “It is near”, they said. It’s also the message that Paul says his life was set apart for, that inspired his missionary journeys, his work with Gentiles,...
Read more →My buddy Ben, mustache man and runner extraordinaire, gave me a copy of Kevin Hall’s book Aspire for Christmas. The book has been a good read so far. I didn’t know anything about Kevin Hall or the book before he sent it to me, but the title caption was inviting enough: “Discovering your purpose...
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