Here’s how we usually view sickness and trouble as Christians –
(1)   Those who love me want me to be as healthy and happy as possible.
(2)   Since God loves me, he wants me to be as healthy and happy as possible.
(3)   If I’m sick or in trouble, I should ask God to make it better, and [...]

“How to Spot a Healthy Church” (Colossians 3:1-17), June 14, 2009
They’ll know we are Christians by our clothes.

“Which human body is more healthy – the one that can successfully complete a five kilometer run or the one with no contraindications in a battery of tests?  If a champion marathon runner’s lab test shows a high white blood cell count, is she healthy?  If the electrocardiogram of an overweight, inactive, fifty-year-old male reveals [...]

A visitor to Corinth recently asked, “I see this is a Reformed Church.  Is that Lutheran?”
In Catawba County, churches are overwhelmingly Baptist or Lutheran.  Reformed hardly registers on the church-o-meter.

I could never have written “The Joy of Running.”  Maybe “The Pain of Running.”  But I’ve still tried to run/jog a little through the years.  My current goal is to be able to run 3 miles regularly without stopping to walk/rest.  We’re not talking fast here – 3 miles in 30 minutes is a good [...]