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Flat Tires
I’ve seen this commercial several times. We see the face of a young woman as she changes her tire in the rain. She appears anguished, there in the rain alone. We are distressed too. Is she safe?...
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To Say It Makes It So
I’m in the process of writing a book about—wait for it—running. I know. Who’d have thought? The book is part memoir—how running has transformed me personally and professionally—and part community...
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Hello Summer
It’s here, semi-officially, this week. I know, it doesn’t officially start until summer solstice, Saturday, June 21, at 6:51 am. In case you’re counting. But this week marks the end of the school year,...
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Shantih
Shantih: The peace which surpasses understanding. You must remember this, I told myself on day five, the final day of our rafting trip on the Colorado River through the upper half of the Grand Canyon....
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Keeping the Peace
The kayak reached it first. Debris, we thought, left behind by careless hikers. In the Grand Canyon, as in many parks, you pack out what you pack in. Not everyone packs carefully. We picked garbage...
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But I have promises to keep…
Sarah, go to the gym. That’s what my friend says she needs someone to tell her, to motivate her. It’s not that she doesn’t like the gym. It’s not that deep down she really doesn’t want to go. It’s more...
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Planting Seeds
Hard choices. The theme for the day’s lunch. Discuss our hard choices and what we’ve learned from them, how they’ve shaped us. Was the choice hard from the beginning, or did hardship arise only in the...
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