i had the opportunity recently to pick up a couple more books towards my goal of 12 fiction books this year. i had fallen off the pace quite a bit, but it may still be possible for me to finish. in october/november, i’ve read “an outline of the republic” by siddhartha deb, and “fallen land”…
Category: personal development
Bring Him What You Have
[I originally posted these thoughts on my running blog. I’m sharing them here a couple weeks later.] Yesterday I was reading in Matthew and came to the Scripture in which Jesus is walking on water out to the disciples near Genessaret. But just before that, he had been teaching all day and felt compassion on…
Water for the soul
Those who may have followed this blog for some time may be predicting that I am about to jump into some Christian reflection. At this point, I am sorry to disappoint your expectations. Instead, I’d like to share with you a goal I have for myself during the upcoming year: to read 12 fiction books…
the meaning is in the madness
Today’s sermon was about Samson, Delilah, Samson’s downfall, and his triumphant death. I couldn’t help but reflect on the sadness of this account, and the way this sadness gives birth to such victory. I started to reflect on the fact that we can live for so long being confused and frustrated by those we love…
10 minutes for thoughts on teaching
Timer’s on… I enjoy teaching. It is the most enjoyable part of my job as a professor. I also hate teaching. It is the most difficult part of my job as a professor. I love teaching because it is a conversation. I have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals how the theory developed in…
a week for moving
This past week has been full of moving. My family moved to a new place in Baltimore. I hurt my calf trying to resume my running program. And now, I’m going to be moving my blog… I am moving because I love the control of WordPress self hosted installations, and also because I hate ads….
Join me in supporting @WorldRelief at the 2012 #BaltimoreMarathon. #standwiththevulnerable
As some of you may know, I am in training for the Baltimore Marathon this year, October 13, 2012. This has been an exciting year, and the marathon will be run one week before we celebrate my son’s first birthday. This is my first 26.2, and I’ll be wearing a WorldRelief jersey and standing with…
nurture your first love
So, someone asked me this week while I was in a meeting, “Do you get the runner’s high?” I replied, I’m not quite sure what that is. I can say, however, that running has captured my competitive instinct (at least what’s left of it), and my drive to push myself to new levels has taken…
don’t be ridiculous… don’t waste your life
I was listening to TD Jakes this morning with my wife while preparing for my trip to Australia. He was preaching from the story of David and Goliath, specifically the part of the account when Eliab, David’s brother, rebukes him for urging the men to fight against the undefeated Philistine champion. Although I thought I’d…
Are you two-faced like Hezekiah? Ask God for courage to confront your heart…
While struggling to read through Isaiah before the year ends (don’t think I’ll make it), I have come to one of its historical sections that painfully reminds me of the dissonance in my own heart and life. In Chapters 37-39, we find something in Hezekiah that we see in ourselves all too well: a prideful…