Wow Not sure if anyone saw this before: Carl Joseph was elected to the Florida High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Feb. 23, 2009. CBS Sports Dan Dierdorf calls him “the most amazing athlete I’ve ever seen.” Carl’s unprecedented exploits have been memorialized in this video, using old game footage that had been lost […]
A few short words…
What’s on my mind lately… “Sometimes I feel like I am a rich kid pretending playing to be a Christian.“ “I do not know how to love anymore. It is like as if I am learning how to love again.“ More to add….
Glimpses of God
Do people see glimpses of God when I train?Do others see glimpses of God when I work? My God, may when I am out on the road and on races you will be glorified. For medals will rust and victory will pass. And glimpses of God will last forever….
Learning how to love
Lately, I realize that I do not know how to love. What I do right now. Wondering around in the streets. Sharing a coffee and a cookie with strangers. That’s what I am trying to learn. To learn how to love. I use to think I know. Though I can see I have a heart […]
Recklessness
What is, therefore, our task today? Shall I answer: “Faith, hope, and love”? That sounds beautiful. But I would say – courage. No, even that is not challenging enough to be the whole truth. Our task today is recklessness. For what we Christians lack is not psychology or literature… we lack a holy rage The […]
Long ride I haven’t done this for a while. Plan was a 3.5 hr long ride. Did 4 hr. Ended up reaching a park called Hilton Falls. Irony is that the day before I asked a friend about that park. Stopped to grab a chocolate bar and a bottle of water. Starving the whole ride. […]
Caffeine makes you go longer! Picked this up from Dr. Mirkin’s weekly email: Dr. Mirkin’s Fitness & Health eZine April 12, 2009 Special Issue on Coffee and other Caffeine Sources Researchers at the University of Illinois report that 300 mg of caffeine (the amount in four cups of coffee) reduces muscle burning during intense exercise […]
Darrin Patrick – Life with Non-Christians
Got this from Missio Dei Suburbia: For me, there are two area which I am intentionally at. Triathlon and Open Door. Off the bat, Darrin stresses do you like hanging out with non-Christians. This strike a cord. For me, there is always a tendency to hang out with Christians and live life. And often, people […]
Exile: Eating with ‘sinners’
I am in the process of writing my last paper for the course, Exile: A Motif for Postmodern Ministry. I just finished reading a chapter on Exiles: Living Missionally in a Post-Christian Culture by Michael Frost. The chapter is called “Exiles at the table”. He pretty much focus on the dinner table and how exiles […]
Signs of a Fun Run When you shoes look like the following, you know you had a fun run 🙂 The river was over flowing again. Half of the trail was flooded. I had to back track and re-route. Good times good times.