So just a little thinking this morning. What will it be like when those of us who know the Lord are together with him in the eternal state–the new heaven and the new earth. What will we eat? Before I gave it much thought, I assumed the laws of nutrition would be suspended and […]
Is Your Eating Worship or Idolatry?
Is My Eating Worship or Idolatry? Every day, many times a day, I have had to wrestle with my self-indulgent nature to eat what is good and in the amounts that are healthy for me. I have had many days of wise and appropriate eating and I have had seasons of discouraging failure—and it really […]
The Truth that Set Me Free from Gluttony
Over fifteen years ago the Lord set me free from gluttony. It is still a temptation and a battle, but I have never gone back to the bondage I was in before that time. At the time I lost 105 pounds and people continually asked me how I did it. This article is my answer […]
The Boston Marathon 2016
I have never run a marathon. I have trained for a marathon a few times. One year I was up to twenty miles in my training runs. I could have finished a marathon that year but I did not compete. Now, at least for now, I have slowed to a walk. But when the Monday […]
Did Your Mom Tell You This?
When I was a boy my mom always tried to force me to eat vegetables—spinach, oh my. Brussels’s Sprouts. Cauliflower. Broccoli. Squash. She was always buggin’ me to eat this stuff. I didn’t like any of it. Finally I reached an age where I could make all my own food choices. I began to eat […]
An Achievement
In Boston today an American won the Marathon for the first time since the early 80’s. He ran over 26 miles in just a little over two hours. I have spent much of the winter in my recliner. I go to the closet and get a plastic bag. Hazard springs to attention a look of […]
A Free Weight-Management Tool
If you don’t own an iPhone, buy one so you can run this app! It is a powerful tool to help you moderate your eating and measure your exercise. Lois likes this one They are both great apps. Enjoy your walks and your salad and your new waistline. Enjoy your new clothes. Let us know […]
No More Running (Part Two)
Why I Like Walking Walking gives me time to think and listen and pray. I prefer to walk in a beautiful place where my soul can drink in the world around me. Walking is the right pace to listen to bird songs and smell the scent of the forest. When I walk I can think […]
No More Running (Part One)
The Day I Became A Runner I will always remember the day I became a runner. I started running in about 1983. At first I ran just twenty minutes a day. I ran in a pair of high-tip basketball shoes. I couldn’t run a quarter-mile to the stop sign at the end of the road […]
Weight Loss Challenge
I just got a call from a dear friend. He is a pastor. He needs to lose some weight. He read that I need to lose some weight. He challenged me to a weight-loss race. He has to lose 30 pounds. I need to lose 40 pounds. Here’s the deal: the first one to his […]