run the race
One of my favorite television programs is The Amazing Race. This reality show takes up to a dozen couples (people in pre-existing relationships) and places them in a foreign country where they race—via trains, buses, cabs, bikes, and feet—from one point to the next, gaining instructions for the next challenge. The goal is to get to the designated finishing point…
waiting . . .
Ever feel like your life is on hold? I have. It seems like you’re stuck in the present as you continually muse about the future: Once I get that job everything will be better . . . Once I get married I’ll truly be happy . . . Once I get through this financial crisis I’ll really give to God…
get going
Every spring, we plant nearly 40 tomato plants.
Every fall, when we find that we have more tomatoes than we can possibly eat, can, or turn into sauce or salsa, we give lots away to grateful friends and family. It makes me wonder, however, why our thankful recipients—lovers of tomatoes that they are—don't grow even one plant of their own?…
