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How Amazon knows exactly what you want this holiday season from Rock Center with Brian Williams – Thu, Nov 29, 2012
I saw this video last night on Rock Center, and it is an absolutely fascinating look inside one of Amazon.com’s many “fulfillment centers” across the country. What an amazing operation, and a video worth a quick watch (5:32).
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betternikki replied to your link: Romans Chapter 6 Handouts and Notes are Now Online
I really like the way you organized your outlines. We’re studying Romans on Wed. night, too. Dr. Dave Miller from Apologetics Press is our teacher, and he’s going pretty in-depth- It’s been over a year (minus summers) & we’re in Ch. 4.
Thanks Nikki…I inherited the style from my preaching / teaching mentor Dr. Marlin Connelly, who would prepare his handouts by using a xeroxed copy of the lesson text, and then hand-write his annotations. I decided to do them electronically so I could use them later, which has been a big blessing through the years.
Romans is by far my favorite book in the New Testament, and I hope you are enjoying the exhaustive study with Dr. Miller. I’ve taught Romans numerous times, and it normally takes me 9 to 12 months to get through it. Four chapters in a year is INTENSE, but that is the way I love to study. For my current class I had to negotiate with the deacon over adult education to get two quarters (6-months) instead of one (3-months). Tonight is the last week of the first quarter, and I’m starting chapter 6. Not sure how I’m going to get through 10 more chapters!
runningmyownrace replied to your post: One America 500 Festival Mini Marathon (Indianapolis)
This is on my bucket list! Do you live in Indiana? I went to school at IU so I would love to do this race. Maybe next year.
I actually live in Tennessee, but love Indianapolis and love this race. It is a good race to put on a bucket list. A lot of race directors could learn a lot from the organization of the Mini Marathon.
Just registered for the One America 500 Festival Mini-Marathon (the Mini) for the fifth year in a row. The Mini is the nation’s largest half-marathon, having sold out with 35,000 participants for the past 11 years. The course for the Min begins in downtown Indianapolis, and then heads west toward the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and does a complete lap around the 2.5 mile track before heading back downtown to the finish line.
This is a fantastic race on a flat and fast course. Lord willing Nathan and I will be lined up in seeded corral A on May 4th, ready to go really low, and get the coveted “500” medal for being one of the first 500 finishers! Who else is running the Mini?
Also looking forward to some awesome steak and shrimp cocktail at St. Elmo’s Steakhouse!
Romans Chapter 6 Handouts and Notes are Now Online
For students in my Wednesday night class on Romans: Handouts and Notes for Romans Chapter 6 are now available online. Lord willing we will cover this great chapter during class tomorrow night at 7pm at Bellevue Church of Christ!
Today I felt like my “Return to Running” program un-officially ended. While I haven’t been on the specific plan in a couple of weeks, I’ve still been very conservative with my mileage and pace, taking frequent walk breaks, and not running more than 3 or 4 consecutive days without a break. This has led to my “training” feeling slightly abnormal.
Well, this morning was the first run since the injury that felt like a normal long run with our group. The plan was for a 10 to 12-mile run in Belle Meade, but Nathan and I met a little early and got in 3.5-miles before the rest of the group arrived. During this warmup, we did a 10/1 run/walk ratio, but after this I completed the remainder of the run in 30 to 40-minute segments, only stopping briefly for fluid breaks.
Nathan and I ended up running most of the route with Tyler, Andy, and Robert, and our pace generally got quicker throughout, with 5 of the last 6 miles under 8:00 pace, and a final mile of 6:53:
The thing that felt so great about this run was that I had the energy to maintain the faster pace in the later miles. The last few days I’ve been thinking a lot about getting into a long run schedule for the Rock n’ Roll NOLA Marathon, and worried about having the endurance and energy to get where I want to be by race day at the end of February. Today, those fears subsided significantly since a solid 15-miler puts me right where I need to be for the more intense training in December and January.
A big thanks to Nathan, Andy, Tyler, and Robert for pushing and pacing me to my best, post-injury training run! It feels good to be back.
Beast Mode….ON!
We were still at my parent’s house in Lebanon for most of the day today, so I decided to go for a short “barefoot” shakeout run in my Hattoris on the roads around Old Hickory lake.
It was a beautiful route, but very hilly with over 520 ft. of cumulative elevation gain in only 4.6-miles:
Even with the hills, the run felt pretty good, and was quite enjoyable. Also, during today’s run I crossed 1,800 total miles for the year!
Beast Mode…ON!
mar replied to your photo: Kate & Sara with their cousin Harper in the middle…
Does he use them or just collect like Jay Leno? That is a whole MESS of tractors!
Mostly just a collector. I don’t think he uses any of them for actual farming, but they all still run. They range in years from the 1920s to the 1960s, and he takes them to various shows and fairs for display.
Over the past couple of weeks I’ve become a bit lax in keeping up with Tumblr, and specifically in posting running updates. Well, I’m still here, and I’m still working my way back to a full running schedule after the injury.
Since completing the Chickamauga Half Marathon two weeks ago, I’ve continued to increase my mileage slowly and wanted to mention a few highlights.
Track Workout
A week ago Thursday, I finished my second track workout since the injury. This particular workout was 3 x 1-mile repeats with 400m recovery in-between. At my peak I was running mile repeats with splits between 5:55 and 6:10. However, I had no idea what to expect after the long layoff. I had a hard time getting a feel for my pace while running, but was pleasantly surprised to run these three with times of 6:28, 6:17, and 6:14. Not quite up to my old self, but felt pretty good none-the-less.
Run to the Hills
Until I finished step 7 of my return to running program (about a week before Chickamauga), I was instructed to avoid speed work and significant hills. Now that I’ve been released to both, last Saturday I decided to give the acclaimed 11.2-mile loop in Percy Warner Park a try with almost 2,200 ft of cumulative elevation gain:
Well, that route kicked my tail! However, I finished it and know that I’ve got a lot of work ahead of me. Incidentally, the next day was when I was originally registered for the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon, which consists of running the 11.2 loop in both directions. This run let me know that it was not just a matter of my MD advising me not to run the marathon, but also that I was not physically capable of running it.
Total Mileage Milestone
Last week I eclipsed my 2011 running total of 1,763 miles completed, and still have an outside shot at 2,000 for the year, which was my goal for 2012:
I feel pretty good about this considering I missed 6-weeks with the stress fracture. Not sure whether or not I’ll hit 2,000, but I’m not gonna push it to just hit a mileage total.
Well, that’s the recap of the past two weeks. Tomorrow Olivia and I will be running Boulevard Bolt, which is one of the largest 5-mile races in the country (if not the biggest) with over 8,200 participants. Again, I’m not sure what to expect. My PR for 5-miles is 32:22, so I’m thinking that anything between 34:00 and 35:00 will be a reasonable goal.
Anyway, hope everyone has a great turkey day!!
Beast Mode….ON!
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“Joy in Trials” (James 1:1-12) – Audio recording of my Sunday morning sermon at Kingwood Church of Christ in Murfreesboro, TN on October 7, 2012.
I delivered this same sermon at Bellevue Church of Christ on October 28, 2012, though that sermon was not recorded.
This sermon looks at the reasons why James says that followers of Christ should find joy in trials (or suffering) of life.
James 1:1–12 (ESV)
1 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes in the Dispersion: Greetings. 2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have its full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. 5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him. 6 But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. 7 For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; 8 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. 9 Let the lowly brother boast in his exaltation, 10 and the rich in his humiliation, because like a flower of the grass he will pass away. 11 For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So also will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits. 12 Blessed is the man who remains steadfast under trial, for when he has stood the test he will receive the crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him.