Welcome to the November Ultimate Coffee Date! Did you know Deborah and I both have birthdays this month? That’s an extra reason to get together for coffee, don’t you think? The perfect gift for us would be for you to stop by other coffee date posts throughout the weekend and share the comment love.
This Sunday we had a special service with the Bishop. He blessed the altar we will be using in our temporary worship space and deconsecrated our church building that is going to be torn down to make room for affordable housing units and a smaller worship space. During the service we renewed our baptismal vows, and I was struck by how relevant they were.
I am more than halfway through my third Orange Theory Hell Week. The first year I participated I didn’t know what I was getting into. Last year I didn’t plan on participating, but decided even Hell Week was better than a week of workouts in a sparse hotel gym. This year I signed up early because I might as well make it my last-week-of-October tradition. If that’s the way it’s going to be, I need a plan for how to survive Orange Theory Hell Week.
It feels odd to be coming to the Runfessional before Halloween–how am I going to be absolved of trick-or-treat transgressions?–but since November is my birthday month, I definitely want to get it started on the right foot and cleanse my sole(s) with October Runfessions.
Well, hello, fall! You sure took your time to get here, but I hope you stick around for a while before winter takes over!
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