Running teaches you that there’s a difference between working hard and feeling bad.
Consumer culture tries to teach us otherwise.
How many television commercials talk about “making life easier”?
If everything you knew about life came from TV, your goal would be to live the easiest, most comfortable and unchallenging life you possibly could. You would believe that the only good feelings are sensual pleasures such as the taste of a good soft drink and the fun of driving an expensive car and lying on the beach.
musings
Running Teaches You…
What Does Chick-Fil-A Stand For?
I know this is an unwinnable conversation.
Discussing homosexuality is like talking to a momma about her newborn baby: it could be a squirrel with a pacifier, but you’re a monster if you call it anything but beautiful.
The ‘tolerance’ emperor is naked, but anybody who points that out is being ‘intolerant’, so it’s an impossible discussion.
Millions of people will fill their cars with gasoline purchased from dictators who oppress their people and murder homosexuals and drive to the ‘kiss-in’ later this week to protest HOW a man chooses to be generous.
The hypocrisy of it is almost funny.
Read more →Our Visit To Elevation Church
Last weekend Steph and I did something that I highly recommend: we got away for the weekend, even though we couldn’t really afford it and didn’t have much of a plan.
When we get caught up enough to post a few of the photos we took, I’ll put together a whole blog post about our weekend, but long story short: we ended spending the night in the heart of Charlotte, so we decided to get up and visit Elevation Church on Sunday morning…
Read more →Advice As I’m Approaching 30
In a few weeks, I’ll join Steph in the “30 and up” club.
I’m not expecting to wake up on August 8th and suddenly feel different because the first digit in my age has changed, but crossing the 30 barrier seems significant to me.
Most of the things that are “impressive” for someone “in their 20′s” are just expected for someone “in their 30′s”.
Kids, a mortgage, a savings account… nobody’s impressed when someone in their 30′s has those ducks in a row.
So I’m not quite freaking out, but this birthday has my attention…
Read more →“You a good boy”
Warning: this is one of those sappy posts that is borderline annoying, especially to those of you without kids. But it was a precious parenting moment…
We were at the mall this past week – all four of us – walking around after dinner at chick-fil-a…
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