The first thing that you should know about running a 5k… check that… about me running a 5k, is that cycling doesn’t translate to running. They are based on a different set of muscle groups. When a runner or a cyclist crosses over to the other discipline they will find a jump in their heart [...]
Some of you know that I’ve taken up cycling as a way to exercise without the pounding running puts on the fragile, battle worn hinges I call knees. This is not to mention the mistreatment suffered by the ankles and lower back or even the hips.
None of these parts of my body like me anymore [...]
While preaching last Sunday I found myself in a moment of exuberance and great love for my church. Arriving at the moment with great passion, I spouted out the statement, “The Lord willing, I intend to pastor here until I die.”
I was intending to show my affection and commitment to Skelly Drive.
Later that day a [...]
I may need to get this for Jimmy, but I don’t think I could take the alarm going off until he got up and put the rotor back in.
I’m in the San Francisco airport and I’m noticing so many different attitudes – in those around us and (most disturbingly) in myself.
While moving through security, a man wanted past one of our teens and cursed them under his breath as he went by. This may have happened in Vietnam, but mostly everyone just made [...]
I’m sitting in a taxi, in rush hour Hanoi traffic on Wednesday afternoon heading home from Bonnie’s first day of teaching at the University. The windows are down and we are in a tangle of traffic heading in every conceivable direction. Most of them are scooters. Some of them are cars, probably taxis. A few [...]
In the rural mountains of Lao Cai Province, near the China border, there are schools serving ethnic minorities that live on neighboring farms. The pictures above are from last year’s trip where we saw Forefront Church out of Virginia installing a computer lab, a water filtration system which will be used by the region and [...]
After 19 years in Youth Ministry, I wish that I had learned to defend my Youth Group by putting my elbows on my head and waving my elbows around like THIS VIDEO SHOWS.
HT… Total Rip Off:Â Brant Hansen
So, my knees are bad and have been since college. Actually, they are worse now, from age and carrying excess weight around. It’s been hard for me as I’ve started to get back into shape. Even walking is not easy on virtually any joint below the waist. Running is pain like sharp knives in the [...]
