Takmina Kohistani, 100 meters of Courage
Raw courage full of hope.
Do I Have a Category for Enough?
“Today, there is no category for enough.” ~ Tom Albin, Dean of the Upper Room I have been thinking about that. Yes, in our culture, it seems that more is always better. There’s always room for one more, something more. Don’t settle for less. You can have it all. What, exactly, is “enough”? How do […]
Jogging the Curves
I hit the roads for a brief run yesterday. Well, run/walk, because that’s what I’m up to. Neither my endurance nor my physiology seems quite ready to take the full run plunge. So I head out, intending to alternate running and walking. But when will I switch? This was so easy when I tried it […]
Is My Courage Waiting to Hear Me Say Go?
Take heart. Drum up your courage. Be bold. Throw caution to the wind. Go for it. When action is required, I don’t want to be found wanting. Worse, I don’t want to be thought cowardly. I want to be one who summons the courage necessary. What if my “wrestling is not so much to summon courage but to […]
Save the Knees: Beating ACL Injuries with Prevention
On July 10, 2011, Ali Krieger pounded home the penalty kick that advanced the U.S. Women’s National Team past Marta and the Brazilians in the 2011 Women’s World Cup quarterfinals. Remember? We couldn’t stop watching the replays. Now, it’s 2012 and time for Olympic gold, but where is Ali? Out with an ACL, an anterior […]
Ask Which Way but then Go
‘Limited Sight Distance’ – this is the sign that greeted me as I crested the hill leaving my Dad’s house en route to visit my friend Kyle at the Shepherd Spinal Center 30 minutes away. She would only be there another week before she was discharged to begin the next phase of her rehab – […]
You have not arrived but you’re getting there
Recently, I drove to my Dad’s house just north of Atlanta. The roads are constantly under construction there so I activated my navigation system to assist me along the way. As I approached his subdivision the voice became more frequent and more insistent. It seemed to be building up to a big finish. In .3 miles turn […]
It’s Not About the Chicken
On Mondays the church I attend, Floris United Methodist Church, has invited me to contribute a “sermon response.” I share today’s here: (for those of you reading from a distance, the Pastors are Tom Berlin (aka Tom), Tim Ward (aka Tim) and Barbara Miner (not mentioned today but she will be Barbara :)). To listen […]
Putting it Into Practice
Are you one of those people who sits and listens in prayer? Do you hear God speaking? Does He give you a final answer? I don’t know fully what God is saying to me until I go with it. Well, let me correct that, I don’t know it fully but moving seems to facilitate the […]
What is the Pace of Perfect?
Today I will work at God’s pace. What is the pace of perfect? I distinguish this from “perfect pace.” Perfect pace implies that there is one pace we all seek to achieve. But the pace of perfect seems to me to be individual – in my day, my circumstance, my capability, my moment. It may […]