Category: Walking and Blogging

  • Baptism vs. Rapture

    Baptism vs. Rapture

    Day 8, I suppose, of Walking and Blogging. I got my 10,000 steps in today, and here go some words. Not 10,000 of them, though. So, yesterday I neither got all my steps nor blogged. Last evening, when I got home from a pastoral emergency call, I gave myself the day off from both. I…

  • I’m a Bit of a Fan

    I’m a Bit of a Fan

    Day 7 of Walking and Blogging. Uhhh. Okay. Maybe just Blogging today. So, on day 7 I failed to get my 10,000 steps in. I have two excuses. One, it is stupidly hot and humid, and I am tired of being drenched in sweat. And two, a new game was released today for the iPad.…

  • Funerals are Good

    Funerals are Good

    Day 6 of Walking and Blogging. I got 11,804 steps in so far today, and I’m about to blog. So, a successful day 6. The local funeral home is less than a half mile from my church. I generally walk there when I have a funeral. This evening, I had a viewing to attend, and…

  • Books and Faith

    Books and Faith

    Day 5 of Walking and Blogging. >10,000 steps per day and >1 word in the blog per day. I really didn’t think I’d make it today. I was grumpy a lot of the day. (So was my daughter, for that matter, and I’m not sure if they’re connected or not.) I was a little too…

  • Too Much

    Too Much

    Day 4 of Walking and Blogging, getting 10,000 steps on my FitBit and some amount of words on this blog. Today wasn’t a great day in terms of my mood. I have a pinch of social anxiety, and it manifested this afternoon when the whole extended family, including all four kids, were at my house.…

  • The Giant Walk

    The Giant Walk

    Day 3 of my month of “Walking and Blogging.” I’m trying to get at least 10,000 steps in each day, and then blog about it that evening. It was a lovely day today with my family — playground and ice cream and pool and dinner with my sister, my brother-in-law, and my two nephews. (Plus…

  • How to Want What you Want to Want

    How to Want What you Want to Want

    Day 2 of my “Walking and Blogging” month. I am trying to walk no less than 10,000 steps each day, and then blog about my experience in the evening. I knew today would be a tough one. I stayed up too late last night, clicking through an internet rabbit hole. I spent most of today…

  • Walking and Blogging

    Walking and Blogging

    I used to be really good about walking. I used to get 12,000 steps every day, for years. Sure, there were a few days here and there when I failed. But for the most part, I hit my goal almost every day. When I first started this about fifteen years ago, I lost over fifty…