The year of the HALF

by admin on January 4, 2010

One of my goals this year is to make it the year of the Half-Marathon.  I ran the Chicago Marathon in 2006 and loved the experience, but don’t have the time or motivation to train for a full marathon this year.  But wanting to establish a better pattern of running and ultimately health in my life I’m committing to run 3 half-marathons this year.  It won’t be all at once but hey, that’s 39.3 miles of races.  Here are the dates:

Indianaoplis Mini-Marathon – May 8th

Chicago Rock ‘n’ Roll Half-Marathon – August 1st

Tulsa’s Route 66 Half- Marathon – November 21st

Anyone want to join me in any of these?

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It’s a simple question I’m asking myself.  Every year I choose several books I want to read through in the new year.  I’ll post a list later on.  Reading is a huge part of it, but there are other things as well:

  • exercise
  • diet
  • Spiritual habits
  • learning experiences such as conferences (could be for your marriage, spiritual growth, leadership or otherwise)
  • relationships (maybe you need to spend more time with certain people and less with others?)
  • find a mentor
  • be a mentor
  • Other?

I’m asking the question of myself and would love to hear from you on what you will be doing in 2010 to GROW!

I do know this.  It won’t happen by accident.  It won’t happen without a plan.  It won’t happen without intention.

So let’s have it, what are you going to do in 2010 to grow?

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Leading with a Limp

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The waiting continues…

November 21, 2009

It’s ironic that in the midst of The Waiting Room series we are forced to delay our annual Oklahoma Thanksgiving trip with possibility of canceling. The flu hit 3 of our kids and it has delayed our trip thus far. It’s frustrating waiting without knowing whether or not we will be able to [...]

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Enough for today

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I’ve been doing a little reflection on the concept of the waiting room that we are using for our current message series.  You can find the others here and here.
Today I’d like to reflect a little on the experience the Israelites had in between when they were slaves in Egypt and when they entered their [...]

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The fine art of “sitting with it”

November 17, 2009

I’m continuing some reflection on the waiting room of life.  You can read the other post here.
Someone gave me a compliment yesterday.  They told me that they saw real growth in me recently.
For me, my greatest growth has come because I gave myself over to a process of transformation where I have allowed someone, a [...]

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Don’t do something, just sit there

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On Sunday, Greg at Suncrest challenged us to do nothing for 7 days.  If you find yourself in the waiting room of life, maybe the best thing you can do is just wait.  Here is a phrase that grabbed me:
When it comes to waiting, I think transaction; God thinks transformation.
One of the things I have [...]

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Someone really has some issues

November 13, 2009

Every time we do a direct mail campaign we always get a positive response and a not so positive response.  We typically get a few phone calls from recipients at the office explaining that they are Catholic or whatever and would NOT like to receive mailings from us.  Or we will receive a note saying [...]

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Mall Servolution

November 12, 2009

So our team had this crazy idea…
What if we invaded the mall and served as many people as we could?
As wild as it sounded that is exactly what we did last Sunday.  A few families met at the food court and then tried to bless as many people as possible.  It was a great experience [...]

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