I’m recovering from back-to-back business trips, but didn’t want to miss out on March Runfessions. It is the middle of Lent, after all. It always feels good to bare my soul soles and come clean at the runfessional over at Marcia’s Healthy Slice.
Make plans to join the April Ultimate Coffee Date next weekend — Deborah and I will open the (link-up) doors on Friday, and keep the coffee brewing through Sunday. Grab the html code for our fun new badge in my sidebar.
One of the ways I am observing Lent this year is listening to daily prayer podcasts. There are so many to choose from these days, I thought it could be helpful to share my favorites.
This week I had my second business trip of the year, this time to our Miami office. While the views out the window are gorgeous, much of downtown Miami is not. It feels like a decaying concrete jungle, and walking from my hotel to the office I encounter more homeless people than others on their way to work–probably because most locals don’t live in that part of the city and just drive in.
That lovely park attracts a lot of homeless people ….
I don’t want to be unfair to Miami, I’m just explaining why I don’t get excited about running when I’ve got a business trip to downtown Miami.
There’s a confusing irony about the Gospel we read on Ash Wednesday. Before we receive ashes as a reminder of our mortality and penitence, we hear Jesus warning against practicing our piety before others. What could be more public than having an ashen cross on your forehead?
This year, I came across an article suggesting it might be appropriate to wash them off before going on with the rest of your day–something that never crossed my mind as appropriate, let alone advisable.
No, I didn’t hurt myself running with Scooby again, but I am feeling once bitten, twice shy now that I realize how quickly things can go awry.
I had vowed off Scooby miles “for a while” but then Monday morning came, and it seemed so inefficient to take him for a walk and then go out again for a run.
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