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Tag Archives: Faith
Catharsis while training for the Spartan Race
Today I returned to my favorite cross-country ski trail – Peru Creek in Keystone, Colorado. While my trip on this trail last year was a serene and spiritual experience, this year was very different. Now I’m training for a Spartan … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Spirituality
Tagged asceticism, Circuit Training, cross-country skiing, exercise, Faith, mysticism, Peru Creek, Spartan Race, Spirituality
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Our (first) year without a Santa Claus
It was bound to happen sooner or later. After years of dodging the bullet with elaborate explanations of how Santa deploys state-of-the-art Supply Chain Management systems to deliver all those presents around the world in one night, my younger children … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged belief in Santa, Christmas, Faith, kids, parenting, Santa Claus
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Be not conformed to this world…on picture day
Tomorrow is picture day at my kids’ elementary school, and this year is a big one: my daughter is in fifth grade. While the children in the other grades usually sport a range of attire (with my kids typically at … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting
Tagged Captain Underpants, conformity, Faith, Jesus, parenting, picture day
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Selfish Sainthood
Last week I almost died. Well, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but there was definitely a scary moment where I thought things might go poorly. We were still in Aruba, and the kids had decided that they wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Spirituality
Tagged Aruba, Faith, parent, parenting, Religion, saint, Spirituality, tubing in Aruba
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Where the butterfly landed
I’ve recently written some posts about how I encounter the Divine when I’m out in nature – surrounded by the beauty of God’s creation. I had another one of those wonderful experiences this past weekend as I went on a back-country … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Religion and Morality
Tagged Aurora, evil, Faith, God, Krista Tippets, nature, On Being, Religion
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A GPS for Life?
As I mentioned in a recent post, I recently went on some hikes with friends from church. The hikes were terrific – I introduced my friends to new trails and we got a chance to get some exercise and celebrate the beauty … Continue reading
Describing the Ineffable
It happened again. I lost my daughter. Not physically (thank God), but conceptually. Earlier this week I was driving my fourth grade daughter to some after-school activity. We were having a conversation about how some folks seem pretty self-centered, and … Continue reading
