Archive for December 30, 2008

If life is a river, then pursuing Christ requires swimming upstream. When we stop swimming, or actively following Him, we automatically begin to be swept downstream. Or, to use another metaphor more familiar to city people, we are on a never-ending downward escalator. In order to grow, we have to turn around and sprint up [...]

Yesterday the weather was absolutely gorgeous. In response to God’s wonderful weather creation, I decided to break my routine and run outside yesterday (normally I only run outside on my weekly long run and during the week I run my smaller runs on treadmills or elliptical machines to help my knees and ankles). I ended up running four miles [...]