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Twenty Twenty Two: Year-end review & reflections

And just like that we come to the end of another calendar year. Here are some snapshots, highlights, and reflections from the year of teaching, scholarship, ministry, and family life. Teaching at Dordt I taught five courses this year: Biblical Foundations, Aesthetics, Ethics, Leadership &…
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December 16, 2022
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Summer Report: Where I’ve been…

A baseball game (White Sox vs Twins) with my friend Matt - great seats! One of the very best things about working in higher education is getting to follow the rhythms of the academic calendar. In between the spring and fall semester is this three…
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August 12, 2022
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Mudder Training: Day Fifteen

Today was supposed to be my short run, so I followed my plan of doing cross-training in between my runs.  So I ran a mile, did a CrossFit WOD and then ran another mile.  The first mile was around 7:00, the second mile was around…
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May 16, 2011
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Mudder Training: Day Twelve

Just a quick post.  I woke up and ran 4 miles in my Vibrams (barefoot shoes). Man, my calves are sore.  Without cushioning, running has become an incredible calf workout (as my calf muscles adjust for the added distance cushioning on the way down -…
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May 13, 2011
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Mudder Training: Day Ten

The Tough Mudder is a 10-mile course broken up with 20 military grade obstacles.  This means that simply being able to run for 90 minutes won't be enough.  More realistically, I am expecting shorter intervals of at most a mile at a time in between…
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May 11, 2011
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Success (1): What Is It?

Lately I've been thinking a lot about the topic of "success".  I suppose this is due to multiple factors: 1) I've been reading and teaching from the book of Ecclesiastes in the Hebrew Scriptures.  The author, who describes himself as one of the most materially…
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May 11, 2011