Use it or lose it. done.
Use it or lose it applies in, as far as I can tell, every situation. But what I’ve learned from those aging gracefully is there is no need to tell them that “no pain, no gain” is just bunk.
Learning doesn’t happen by spectation
Text, I can read. Image, I can see. By video, I can follow along. But to learn, I must take part. No one can stand in for me in my interaction, my operation, my turn at my own helm. Learning that lasts begins where caution ends and trust begins. Trust that whoever made me an […]
Why tone?
Muscle tone: the resting tension in a muscle. It’s not just about buff, cut, or 6-pack abs. Tone comes from effort, preparing muscles so we are ready to respond without delay.
A Physical Education
Active living isn’t just good for us; it’s God for us. A single daily dose and we become participants in our own re-creation!
Sweating away the ashes
The woman arrived with Lenten ashes marking her forehead. As she sweated through her workout, the ashes smudged, diminished and finally vanished. By end of class she was washed clean. An entire Lenten journey, right there in the YMCA workout studio.
One Bread, One Body
One bread, one body, one Lord of all One cup of blessing which we bless And we, though many, throughout the earth We are one body in this one Lord. How many times have I sung these words while taking communion and while others communed at our common table? Bread broken. Poured out wine. Each of […]
Will this be life-giving for me?
How can we tell if something is alive? Biologists look for 5 traits, processes or functions as signs of life: metabolism (consume, construct, destruct, excrete) growth (learn, build, improve) reproduction (spawn offspring or ideas) responsiveness (sensitive, attentive, active) movement (action, progress, liveliness) These are the characteristics of life — the life of anything. That’s cool, […]
I Am not A.I.
A.I., you and I are different. I feel. I feel the rays of the sun warming my face, the chill of the cold deep in my bones, the pressure of your hand holding mine and mine, resting in yours. I feel the jitters when test scores are posted, the wrenching when news isn’t good, the […]
Cause to pause
Walking from here to there causes me to pause… and then to consider what else bids me tarry. prayer & meditation sunrise & sunset starry skies & awe children & wonder worship play dis-health & disease caring & loving table meals & table fellowship phone calls letter writing Christmas cards births & deaths weddings & […]
I am that child
I just can’t imagine God saying, “Sit down and shut up!” Can you?Or, “Children should be seen and not heard.”Or even, “Sit still and mind your manners.” Yes, we are children, daughters and sons of the Most High. But, “sit up and eat your peas,” just isn’t the conversation I expect to have at the […]