Live Intentionally

This morning I met with my orthopedic doctor to review the results of the MRI I got after my soccer injury. Unfortunately, the results are not good, but I am not discouraged. In fact, right away five things come to mind that I’m thankful for.

Share Pollster and author George Barna posted a thought-provoking article this morning on the health care reform debate going on in the U.S.  He takes a look at how Americans want to address heath care and how Jesus dealt with the sick people he encountered. First, according to surveys, the vast majority of Americans think [...]

Share I’m fortunate not to have to do a lot of driving on a regular basis. My home, work, church, and kids’ school are all within a couple miles of each other.  So, it wasn’t until this past weekend while I driving across the state of Florida for a long weekend in Daytona Beach I [...]

I spent last week with my extended family in Helen, GA – my two brothers, their families, and my parents. Whenever you take a trip of this magnitude you’re bound to forget something, and we forgot the worst of all possible things. The one thing that absent would make our entire trip miserable…

Setting goals is important, but what if before setting goals for the new year we start with a blank sheet of paper and… imagine.

Share In just a few hours my wife, 3 children, and I will be on the road for the 2 hour drive to Disney World.  And 24 hours from now I’ll be standing around the starting line of the Disney Marathon waiting for gun to go off. Shifting my sleep cycle seems to have worked.  [...]

Share Yesterday, I started looking around the web for more advice specific to the Disney Marathon.  The official  Disney Marathon website is good and offers a lot of important information, but I was looking for some unofficial information from people who have done the Disney Marathon.  I found a very helpful site where I got [...]

Share It’s been 3 months since my last blog post.  I added several new things to my plate in the fall including training for my first marathon, helping to coach my son’s soccer team, and serving in a couple of new capacities at church.  Those things along with work and family just became too much.  [...]

Share Saturday I made my first attempt at a 13-mile training run.  It was my first long run since learning last Saturday that I lost about 8 pounds during a 12 mile run, so I did another sweat rate test and continue to experiment with ways to stay hydrated.

Share While writing yesterday’s post about how I lost about 8 pounds during Saturday’s 12 mile run, the thing I realized I need to do first is make a more accurate assessment of how much fluid I’m actually losing by doing a sweat rate test.  So, that’s what I did this morning in conjunction with [...]