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Tag Archives: religion
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: Chasing career options
By the time I’d turned 27 years old, the decision to stop racing and training so hard was well-established in my mind. With a child to raise and a wife to please, I focused on work-life as the central priority. … Continue reading
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
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Different dimensions than our own
While walking our dog Lucy this morning, we passed through a playground where children made sidewalk drawings in chalk. One of the images attracted my eye. It showed two intertwined rectangles. Or was it something more? I’ve just completed a … Continue reading
Posted in competition, healthy aging, life and death, love, PEAK EXPERIENCES
Tagged carlos castaneda, Christianity, different dimensions than our own, different realities, Jesus, life on mars, limited perspectives, martian, miracles, Noah's Ark, reality, religion, scripture, the bible, the teachings of don juan, time travel
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The most exhausting workout in the world is dealing with dishonesty
There is no kind of dishonesty into which otherwise good people more easily and frequently fall than that of defrauding the government. ––Benjamin Franklin To set the table about a discussion of dishonesty and the exhaustion it causes: Those of … Continue reading
Cold toes in the shower
Coming back from a mountain bike ride with temps in the low 30s, I knew what to expect when stepping into the shower. My toes were going to hurt. When your toes hurt from the cold, it’s a sign that … Continue reading
Sweet Season: Bringing it all home
Volume one • Volume two • Volume three • Volume Four • Volume five Volume six Volume seven Going into the last meet of the 1978 season, we felt as if we were still capable of doing big things at nationals. Our highest team … Continue reading
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There’s only so much sex the world can take
We subscribe to Direct TV for our television programming. When we moved into our house, our connections were all from AT&T. But by some vagary of local wiring, the data was so slow and the Internet so patchy we had … Continue reading
Posted in triathlete, triathlon, triathlons
Tagged AT&T, conservative christians consuming porn, direct TV, porn channels, pornography, religion
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A bathroom break with God
Last Saturday was a relatively warm day to run here in Illinois. Late February has turned out to be mild and relatively windless. Perfect conditions for a nine-mile run. As Sue and I trekked toward the start of the river … Continue reading
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Tagged cycling, love life, religion, running, seek justice, triathlon, werunandride.com
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