Rim to Rim for Eyes That See
It’s complete lunacy. On September 15th, I’m going to run the entire Grand Canyon, from the North Rim to the South rim. The route we’re taking is 24 miles long, with a total elevation climb of 6,000...
View ArticleBut There Were Two Girls, and We Helped Them
I can’t change the world. It’s too big. The staccato rhythm of instanity (my phrase for the instant availability and consumption of news these days) blurs my vision and dulls my senses, every second of...
View ArticleThe Lemonade Stand
So, the Rim-to-Rim For Eyes that See Challenge. The one where I’m running the Grand Canyon on September 15th so that we can rescue 50 Ethiopian girls (mostly teenagers) who are currently being...
View ArticleSo I Keep Running
by Sara Wheeler (Sara is a good friend who is running her first marathon on her 40th birthday: Sunday, October 6th. We went on a training run together last week, and she is ready! Sara is also a...
View ArticleWe Did It!
Lunatics, we did it. In just 23 days, we met our goal of $50,000, which means that 50 teenage Ethiopian girls can leave a degrading life of trafficking to enter the Keziah House, where they’ll be...
View ArticleThe Prayers of the People
I didn’t grow up in a liturgical church, and never even attended one until I worked at a Presbyterian church about ten years ago. I grew up in the kind of church that didn’t trust liturgy, ESPECIALLY...
View ArticleRim to Rim: What I Learned in the Womb
“Look at that. We just passed through the womb of the earth.” That’s what My Uncle Ed said to me, as we gazed into that vast expanse of space, with the afterbirth of sweat and accomplishment still...
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