5K Race Completed & 6 Weeks Until Half Marathon

March 20, 2010 · 0 comments

in General

Today I ran the Diablo Trails Challenge 5K put on by Brazen Racing. They did a really great job with everything related to the race. This was my first race and I had a lot of fun. It was a mountain trail run which was very different from my training (which has been on all flat paved trails) – and we even had 4 creeks that we had to cross (each creek took about 4 long strides to get across). Aside from the fact that there were some 4-5 middle school kids who beat me, it was a great race.

According to the official results, my time was 27:56. I was 4th (out of 9) in the Men’s 25-29 age bracket and 21st (out of 65) in the Overall Men’s bracket.

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A Beautiful Idea: Artists Changing the World

March 15, 2010 · 0 comments

in Design, General

There is a new art-for-charity site and community called A Beautiful Idea put together by Evie Shaffer. She describes the purpose for the site in the following way:

Giving artists the chance to create for a cause. Giving everyone the chance to support charity by purchasing art. It’s a beautiful idea, and we want you to be a part of it.

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Theology After Google #tag10

I’m down in Claremont, CA right now for the Theology After Google conference, actually listening to Google-expert Jeff Jarvis Skype in with our conference. This is a conference that is both focusing on new theology and new media (in a world after Google). There are some really great folks down here sharing TED-style presentations on [...]

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The Best Day to Take Off While in Ministry

A few days ago, I posed the following question on Facebook/Twitter: “For those in ministry: what day do YOU think is the best for your day off? And why?” Since getting back into ministry, I’ve realized that, first of all, I’m pretty bad about actually trying to take a day off. During my first year, [...]

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Plugging In Without Shorting Out

I wanted to share with you about an event that I’m going to be at next month in Des Moines. The Presbytery of Des Moines is putting on an event called “Plugging In Without Shorting Out.” According to the brochure, the leadership for the three day conference will cover topics like:

Using technology to help congregations communicate [...]

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#runrevrun Week 4 Update

So, I thought my half-marathon training deserved another update today because, well, let’s be honest. I have passed the 3 week threshold that we were all so worried about (yes, I know you were ALL worried). On the right is my training schedule and you can see that we are now into Week 4 and [...]

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Carrie Newcomer’s “Before and After” Album: A Review

I was really excited to get a new Carrie Newcomer CD in the mail a few weeks ago. About two years ago, I had the chance to interview Carrie and also got a chance to see her perform in a small venue in Philadelphia. The show was really great and definitely got me hooked on [...]

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The Death of the Handshake and the Rise of the…Curtsy!

It should be noted that this post is written in the words of guest-blogger Sarah Walker Cleaveland, as she said “I have an idea for your blog” while she was half-asleep. It seemed like a good idea at the time – we’ll let you be the judge now.
I think you should use your influence to [...]

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Convergence: Where Faith and Life Meet – A Review

Just recently I became aware of Convergence: Where Faith and Life Meet, a new study for small groups. I got a chance to watch some from the DVD Sampler tonight, and think it’s a pretty cool new resource. This is how they describe it on the website:
Convergence is a new DVD series designed specifically for [...]

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Lenten Reflections #4-6: Fasting, Praying & Giving

3 days into my Fast, Pray, Give Lenten discipline, I got lazy.
To be clear, I didn’t really get lazy from following the Fast, Pray, Give Lenten Calendar: I was following most of the things they recommended throughout the days and was enjoying a sense of rhythm to each day as I got up in the [...]

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#runrevrun Update as Week 3 Begins

Today began week 3 of the #runrevrun training for the American River Parkway Half-Marathon. Week 3 is a big week because that’s normally the limit for my workout/fitness stuff. I do something for a about 3 weeks and then…I just get lazy and stop. So, it’s important to push through this week and keep [...]

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Lenten Reflection #3: Dairy #FAIL

Today’s Fast, Pray, Give had to do with milk and prayer. It began with an interesting quote from a J.D. Salinger short story, “Teddy.” The quote had to do with finding God in all things and it had to do with milk. You can read the full quote here. And then we were given our [...]

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