Search Results Movement Health • Exercise • Nature Oct 31, 2025 Walking Into Wonder The world reveals itself to those who go on foot. – Werner Herzog 11,375 feet above sea level. We had just reached the top of Elizabeth Pass. Earlier that morning, […] Full Article Exercise • Health Mar 17, 2025 Why I Hate Exercise (and Working Out) By now, almost all of us in this country are aware of the health crisis that exists. Obesity even in the youngest has skyrocketed in the past few decades. Type […] Full Article Health • Nature • Parenting Dec 11, 2023 On the Trail With My Kids – A River to River Summary It was almost four years ago on December 23, 2019 that my four oldest kids, Zach, Emma, Matthew, Noah, and I, took off on an unseasonably warm day with a […] Full Article Faith • Health Jun 14, 2023 What I Learned from the Most Intense Eight Weeks of My Life On April 8th, I finished the Carmel Marathon in what was a PR (3:28) for me. About 8-10 weeks earlier, I had a repeated premonition that if the marathon went […] Full Article Health Apr 12, 2023 Teach…Our Children Well I stepped outside underneath the porch awning. It was 41 degrees; the rain was pitter-pattering off the metal roof. Nearing the end of my peak week for marathon training, I […] Full Article Faith • Health • Nature Nov 8, 2022 From Resistance to Love Over the past couple of decades, I have come to learn that regular activity is not only a key to being physically and psychologically healthy, but also more socially and […] Full Article Nature Dec 15, 2021 It Moves, Therefore It Is It is 5 AM. I lie asleep in bed and all is still. Yet is it really? All around me, the universe is expanding at speeds so fast and controversial, […] Full Article Exercise • Mental Health Feb 16, 2018 Giving the Gift of Self Through Movement This morning, I waved at my wife, Amy, as we did our usual “tag team” exercise routine. I had gone out early for a run, and as I got home, […] Full Article Exercise • Relationships Jan 4, 2018 Run, Run, Everywhere We Run They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Over 2,700 years ago, when the prophet Isaiah spoke […] Full Article Exercise • Nutrition Dec 21, 2017 The Exercise Potential: In the Long Run Part I: Training for Life A lone runner strides up the hill. In the distance, the sun slowly begins its morning ascent reflected against the faint, pinkish clouds of a […] Full Article All Articles