It’s exam time on campus…
And I guess it only makes sense that at the end of the semester we would put ourselves through a “final exam” of sorts… right?
With all that has happened and hasn’t happened — with all of the feelings of relief, release, regret, ready-to-be-done-ness that we feel at the end of the term, it is important for us to consider how we might make these final couple of weeks before the Christmas holiday as fruitful as possible.
In my post yesterday I asked the question: How do you make tough, unpopular decisions? My question today is just like it, […]
How do you make tough, unpopular decisions?
You know what I’m talking about… those decisions that no one wants to make.
We don’t often go looking for them…
But from time to time they find us.
And it always seems as though there’s something significant hanging in the balance.
It’s never easy.
Or fun.
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The picture to the right is of a man (yes, fully clothed) running through Death Valley.
Extreme athletes will often go to extreme measures in their training in order to be most fully prepared for their upcoming event/s.
It’s a part of what makes them great!
Their willingness to push themselves beyond their limits — and far beyond what most of us would be willing to do — is what distinguishes them from the rest of us.
What does it means to “train” people in the faith.
Last summer I had the chance to sit with Dr. Jerry Sittser, Professor of Theology at Whitworth University in Spokane, WA.
As a church historian, Jerry shared story after story from the early church Christians, as well as the desert fathers and mothers, regarding how they engaged in spiritual formation — training to be spiritual athletes.