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Category Archives: evangelical Christianity
50 Years of Running: Religiously (and otherwise) Conflicted
Toward the end of my full-time employment with the Kane County Chronicle, the Publisher got frustrated with something within the organization and sent out a company memo that read, “The Truth, The Way, and the Light, The Chronicle Way.” The … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, evangelical Christianity, life and death, mental health, nature
Tagged catholicism, Christianity, conflict, conflicted, homily, hypocrisy, hypocrite, Jesus, personally conflicted, religion, religiously conflicted, tension, the truth the way and the light, wealth
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50 Years of Running: About religious dedication
A longtime female friend told me a few years back that she recalls walking the streets of small-town Elburn with me as I philosophized about various issues. That’s no way to win the heart of a girl. Somehow I could … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, competition, evangelical Christianity, God, life and death, religious liberty, triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged book about religion, Chris Cudworth, christian nationalism, christian religion, Christianity, christianity and politics, Christopher Cudworth, cycling, dr richard simon hanson, honest to goodness, honesty, ping pong, publishing on amazon, reality check, religion, religious dedication, table tennis, triathlon
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50 Years of Running: Competition’s Son, Part 3
The advent of DNA genealogy and its revelations make it practical these days to understand family history even to the point of health risks and almost pinpoint accuracy about ethnic origins. While those scientific tools are helpful, they never tell … Continue reading
50 Years of Running: Head games
In March of 1982, I picked up training mileage as the weather slowly improved. February saw a series of thirty-mile weeks, but March jumped to the mid-forties and then the mid-fifties. Then disaster hit. “Took ill at end of March,” … Continue reading
Posted in 400 meter intervals, 400 workouts, 5K, alcohol, evangelical Christianity, mental illness, running
Tagged christian women, creationism, creationist, it's better to burn out than it is to rust, neil young music, noah's ark, robert van kampen, rust never sleeps, the rapture, van kampen merritt, young earth creationism
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Skin checks, the Big C and the body politic
This morning I visited the dermatologist for an annual skin check. My father had skin cancer and it’s nothing to mess around with. The sight of his bald head ground down to red patches is enough reminder to get my … Continue reading
Blasts from the past
Perhaps you’ve experienced a few encounters online the past year or so in which people openly defy practical truth in favor of their closely embraced ideology. Much of the world, it seems, is quite busy manufacturing their own version of … Continue reading
Are each of us irrelevant on a global stage? Not at all.
This weekend while perusing Facebook I commented on an MSN story and the observation drew more than 270 replies, including one that stated, “Christopher Cudworth you are irrelevant on the world political stage.” On the surface, that made me chuckle … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, evangelical Christianity, internet trolls, mental health, mental illness
Tagged Civil War, confederacy, confederate, Donald Trump, endurance sports, facebook, internet trolls, mark zuckerberg, neo-confederacy, President Donald Trump, run and hide, the genesis fix, transactional governance
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Selfish absorption and distraction is killing police, cyclists and America
This weekend the Chicago Tribune reported on the death of yet another State of Illinois police trooper when someone crashed into them during a traffic stop. That’s the third death of a state trooper this year. People keep crashing into … Continue reading
Rock solid values, allowing for sandstone
This weekend I drove up to Decorah, Iowa to visit friends and conduct some business on art and writing with former professors at Luther College. The weather was pleasantly gray in that Decorah way, often threatening rain. That only gave … Continue reading
Was Jesus a triathlete?
The Bible is a remarkable book both in what it reveals and also what it leaves to our collective spiritual imagination. For example, the creation story and the rescue of species from the worldwide floods lists a few “kinds” of … Continue reading
Posted in Christopher Cudworth, cycling, evangelical Christianity, it never gets easier you just go faster, riding, running, swimming, Uncategorized
Tagged cycling leg of triathlon, Ironman triathlon, Jesus the triathlete, running leg of triathlon, swim leg of triathlon, the holy trinity, the road to damascus, triathlon
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