Lessons From Running

Lessons From Running

  • Devotional

    About 13 years ago during college I started running as a way of staying in shape. Over the years, I’ve come to love the sport, and because of that,...

    The Large Heart Project

  • Devotional

    You Have No Wall

    “You have no wall.” The cardboard sign tacked to the telephone pole couldn’t have appeared at a better time. As I pushed my legs up the hill of...

  • Devotional

    No Other Gods

    This can’t be happening, I thought. Not with only three and a half weeks to go! But as hard as I tried, I couldn’t deny the worsening pain in my...

  • Devotional

    I was training for a marathon—the beautiful, romantic, epic Paris Marathon. But, because I am a follower of Jesus, each morning begins with God,...

    The Race Not Run

  • Devotional

    Stick with It

    This morning when I stepped outside my door for my daily run, I was greeted by the crazy heat and humidity of a Midwest July morning. Usually the...

  • Devotional

    The day before last year’s Kansas City marathon, I was meeting with Chris Anderson, our National Director of FCA’s Endurance Ministry. I was fired...

    The Hay Is in The Barn

  • Article

    Free to Run

    Tucked neatly between peaks of California’s San Bernardino Mountains is the quiet reservoir town of Big Bear Lake,...
  • Article

    Meb's Great Race

    In the 24th mile of the 2009 New York City Marathon, as the lead pack entered Central Park, Meb Keflezighi pulled away from...
  • Article

    Heart of an Athlete: Ahna Lewis

    Growing up in Morgantown, W.Va., Ahna Lewis looked up to the athletes at West Virginia University and dreamed of being a...
  • Article

    Catherine the Great

    It would be hard for any Average Joe to keep his legs from collapsing after enduring 26.2 miles of leg-pounding, foot-...
  • Skit

    The Race

    Jesus stands in one corridor or side of the room and says, “Run toward me with preserving.” In very slow motion, the 3...