Breathe in You – Breathe out Me
Nothing says prayer like the breath.
Strengthened in Prayer: multi-tasking is Biblical
First Thessalonians (5:17) says it clearly: “Pray continually.” I assume that means 24-7, 365. So, if I understand that correctly, that means my life should be one continuous prayer. Praising. Confessing. Thanking. Asking. But, wait, God wants me to be going about His business here on earth, too. So, if God expects me to pray without […]
Planking and praying, a perfect pair
I’m caught in a bind. Between fit-ness and fat-ness. What I really want to do is motivate people to take ownership in the value of being active. But this message is going out to two groups of people: those who want to fine tune their Maseratis and those who have missed all their 15, 30 and […]
How do we know when it’s safe to cross?
I was driving in DC this week. I don’t recommend it. Big cities and cars don’t mix well; take the mass transport. Anyway, I was amused at the looks on the faces of pedestrians as I approached the intersections. They stared at me with their feet firmly planted on the sidewalk several feet away from […]
Punching holes in the darkness
I had never heard the story shared by Adam Hamilton in his 2013 Inaugural Prayer Service Sermon. He said, I’ll be telling the old story about Robert Louis Stevenson. Stevenson, the 19th-century author, once told how, as a boy, he’d been sitting in front of the window at nightfall, watching the lamplighter light the gas street lamps. He would erect […]
Don’t meet deadlines: cross finish lines!
Nearly everyday I chastise myself for not finishing something. In fact, I say that it is God’s great joke that I have a business called Fit2Finish and I never finish anything. What is it about “finishing” that impedes my progress? People tell me to “set deadlines.” And when I do, I get stuff done, almost always by […]
Strength presents itself in the doing
“I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.” Philippians 4:13 This scripture is on my mind because my daughter is “doing the talk” for the Fellowship of Christian athletes at her school today and this is ‘her’ verse. Not sure whether she chose it or it was chosen for her. Anyway, this morning […]
The sure way through: blaze by blaze
If all seems lost, there will be a way. Look for it.
The Pavlovian ding of my phone
When you hear your phone ding how fast do you look?
Time In a Body
The older I get the more aware I become of the preciousness of the body that still answers the call. And the care is deserves.