Psalm 46: 10a He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;” In the late 18th century Norwegian border patrol troops used their free time by combining their top two skills – shooting guns and cross-country skiing. They created a competition to see who could ski the fastest and shoot most accurately. They called the […]
Archive | March, 2020
What Do I Do Now?
James 4: 14 Why, you do not even know what will happen tomorrow. What is your life? You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes. I recall professional sport seasons being cancelled, usually because of union disputes. To name a few, there was the MLB strike of 1994 which cancelled the […]
Stay on Course
1 John 1: 10 If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. If you have ever participated in, or watched, a cross-country running event you’ll typically see a group of runners start on a big field, sometimes as many as a hundred runners wide. […]
Are You Fully Present with Others?
John 4: 26 Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.” Like most other sports fans, I am impressed by incredible feats of athleticism. I used to watch in awe as Michael Jordan took over a basketball game, seemingly single-handedly. I marveled at tennis great, Roger Federer, face multiple match-ending break points without flinching […]