The Pursuit of Doing Good Shouldn’t Ever Be Passive
Part of my job as the Race Director for the 7th annual 36-hour Bad Dawg Ultra was making sure that the ten-mile out-and-back course stayed stocked with supplies for the more than 100 runners tackling distances ranging from a 12-mile ruck to the full 100-mile race. This is critical, especially when it comes to hydration […]
The Race Nobody Sees You Run
A few months back, I lined up at the start of a fifty-kilometer trail race next to a woman wearing a shoe deal on her feet and a sponsor’s logo across her chest. I had trained through the winter on cracked pavement in secondhand shoes, and for one embarrassing minute at that start line, I […]
The Only Path to Eternal Life: Why Believers Must Share the Gospel
“Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.’” John 14:6 Before I set out on my morning run in a busy city where I was attending a work conference, I prayed that the Holy Spirit would lead me to a nice […]
The Myth of Ideal Conditions: What Matthew 16:24 Teaches Us About Following Jesus
“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.’” (Matthew 16:24) In a story published by Runner’s World, organizers of the Twin Cities Marathon announced that starting in 2027, they plan to move the race to mid-October from its […]
God Always Has A Purpose In Redirection
“And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there. Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God. The Lord […]
The Locust Years
I stood at the starting line packing wind pants and cold-weather gear, because that’s what March in the mountains is supposed to look like. Instead, I got a three-day heat wave. My plan had been to run the full 110 miles. I’d trained for months, prayed over it, circled the date on my calendar. But […]
Pamela Did Not Finish—And That Was the Point
“But I want you to know, brethren, that the things which happened to me have actually turned out for the furtherance of the gospel, so that it has become evident to the whole palace guard, and to all the rest, that my chains are in Christ; and most of the brethren in the Lord, having […]
Beautiful Feet and an Open Finish Line
According to a story titled “London Plans Two-Day Mega 100,000-Runner Marathon,” the planners of the London Marathon were considering splitting it across two days to allow up to 100,000 runners to participate and raise millions more for charity. A world record 1.1 million people applied via ballot to take part in the 2026 London Marathon—nearly […]
Lost and Found: The God Who Never Stops Searching
“Or what woman, having ten silver coins, if she loses one coin, does not light a lamp, sweep the house, and search carefully until she finds it? And when she has found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found the piece which I lost!’ Likewise, I […]
Hope After Tragedy
“For as the heavens are high above the earth, So great is His mercy toward those who fear Him; As far as the east is from the west, So far has He removed our transgressions from us. As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him. For He knows our […]