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When running on roads or sidewalks, I tend to spend most of the time looking ahead, either a few feet down the road or even further. If I’m about to cross from road to sidewalk or if there is a break or curb, then I’ll look down at my feet while I make the change in surface. However, usually, the surface is fairly smooth and regular. So, I usually look ahead to figure out where I’m going to run, ...

When I went trail running for the first time a few weeks ago, we planned to run 3.5 miles into the trail to a point where the trail intersects a road. At that point, we rested for 5-10 minutes, then ran back the same 3.5 miles to our starting point. During the first half of our run (the “out” portion of the “out and back” run), while I enjoyed the scenery and watched the path carefully, tha...

Where I live, trail running is fairly popular. When we were running through the woods, we crossed paths with other runners who were also running the trails. Most of them were running in the opposite direction from us. Others passed us, or we passed them. We also met other people who were hiking the trails. The trails that we were running stretch from the mountains of western North Carolina to the beaches of the Ou...

While it is possible to run trails along – and while I’m certain that many people run trails alone all the time – and even do so “successfully” I’m sure – the two times that I’ve been trail running have taught me a very important lessons: There are aspects of trail running that make it very dangerous to attempt to do alone. In previous posts, I’ve already menti...

Scott at “Following His Path” has pointed out aa interesting passage in his short post “Don’t Miss What Jesus Said.” He quotes from Luke 18:34 in which the author explains that the Twelve did not understand what Jesus had told them because “[it] was hidden from them.” Concerning that verse, Scott says, Do we have such a pre-conceived idea of Jesus that we miss what He says...

When I first went trail running, I learned quite a bit about leading. To be honest, even though I was excited to go running on trails for the first time, I was still a bit apprehensive. Would I fall? How many times? Would I get hurt? How many people would I take down with me? But, as we were getting ready to take off, a few people told us about the trail that we were about to run. They told us about the general co...

When you run on the roads or on the sidewalk, you pretty much know what to expect. Besides the occasional pothole or crack, the surface is fairly smooth. You can spend much of your time looking ahead, way down the path that you plan to run. When you run on trails, things are completely different. Every step is susceptible to rocks and roots and leaves. Sometimes, you see these rocks and roots sticking up out of th...

Joel at “The Double Edged Sword” wrote a post called “Leave the Walls Behind.” Like I told him in a comment, I still have decided if I’m glad that he wrote this post at all. Most of the post (all except for two short sentences at the top) is the lyrics to a song by Leeland called “While We Sing.” (I don’t keep up with the music industry that much, so I don’t kn...

(Note: You may not care anything about exercising, or running, or trail running. But, please read through this post and series. I’ve learned some lessons while trail running that I think are very pertinent to our lives as followers of Jesus Christ and to our lives together as his church.) For the past two Saturdays – December 3, 2011 and December 10, 2011 – I’ve gone trail running with some...

Four years ago, I wrote a post called “Examples and Models.” I’ve added the phrase “of Ministers” to the title here, because that was the original point of the article. What does the term “Minister” mean to you? If you see a special type of Christian, then this article may be for you. You see, that’s what I thought a few years ago when I knew that God was leading me ...