What Do You Expect?

Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. Garth Brooks
Most of my frustrations arise from my own unmet expectations.
I always seem to begin a project with the unspoken idea that nothing will go wrong. Somehow, I acquired the notion that things are supposed to happen according to my plans.
But life doesn’t work like that. Unanticipated [...]

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Enjoy The Easy Terrain

Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it?
This week of training: 103 miles
ENJOY THE EASY TERRAIN
You’re either climbing a hill, you’ve just [...]

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An Imitator Of Jesus

Note: This article is a regular Friday feature that’s also posted at SetFreeToday.com
Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ.
(1 Corinthians 11:1)

Do I strive to imitate Jesus? Do you?
I say His prayer, occasionally. I write about Him; I attempt to be aware of His presence; I try to ask myself, “What would Jesus do?” when [...]

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How Do You Know God?

“The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God. We are dealing with somebody we made up.” Rob Bell
I recently encountered an interesting question in Brent Cunningham’s blog: “Does God really ‘forget’ when He forgives?”
For me, Brent’s article prompts another question: “Do you think you [...]

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The World’s Best Excuse

The person who really wants to do something finds a way; the other person finds an excuse.
I’m a world-class excuse-maker.

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You Have To Climb The Hills

Happy Saturday! If you’re new to THE CRAZY QUEST, you may wish to read about it here. Basically, I’m tracing my journey as I attempt to answer the question: What would you do if you didn’t know you couldn’t do it?
This week of training: 115 miles
YOU HAVE TO CLIMB THE HILLS
In cycling, as in life, [...]

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Rose Colored Glasses

Note: This article is a regular Friday feature that’s also posted at SetFreeToday.com
You are what you think about all day long. Dr. Robert Schuller
Do you see the sunrise or the clouds?
A rule of thumb for providing feedback maintains that ten affirmations are required to balance one criticism. I don’t know whether ten is exactly [...]

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Contentment

The secret of contentment is the realization that life is a gift, not a right. 
I’m speaking next week to a group on the topic of ACHIEVING YOUR DREAMS.

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Shine or Shrink

Never allow what you cannot do to interfere with what you can do. ~ John Wooden
Whenever I speak to a group about adversity and dreams, I try to communicate the principle of REALISTIC OPTIMISM. I use The 8000/2000 Principle as an illustration.

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Jesus In An Orange Jumpsuit

Do you REALLY believe what you believe?
Next week I’ll speak to a group of inmates at the county detention center.
I addressed a similar audience about a year ago, and I still cannot escape the haunting impressions from that visit. As I spoke to those despondent young people I felt like I’d wandered into a warehouse [...]

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