You were expecting to see Rick Warren in running shorts here, weren’t you? Sorry, my photoshop skills aren’t THAT good. Rick in a Hawaiian shirt floating eerily in a pool with a maniacal look on his face was the best I could come up with.
Ok, I admit it: the title of the post is inflammatory and manipulative, but it was “Purpose-Driven” so all is forgiven, right? It’s not Rick who’s running a half-marathon – it’s me! I am however going to see Rick the weekend after I run.
Here’s the deal: on September 26th I’m going to run my first half-marathon; the following weekend I’m taking a roadtrip to Minneapolis to attend Desiring God 2010. This year’s line-up of speakers includes Big Rick, Francis Chan, Al Mohler, John Piper, Kevin DeYoung, and N.D. Wilson.
I’ve created two ToDo lists for myself for the two trips. Let me know if you have any suggestion for my prep work for either event.
Toronto Marathon |
Desiring God 2010 |
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| ToDo: | ToDo: |
| - Continue training and lose another 10 lbs | - Eliminate liveblogging competition (i.e. Pull sparkplugs from Tim Challies car) |
| - Buy new shoes. Buy new pants too – all of mine are too big now | - Have T-shirts made that say “Purpose Driven Pastor” |
| - Convince wife that this is FUN, not torture (she’s in the 5K) | - Have T-shirts made that say “I’m with Ken Silva” for the blogger meet-up |
| - Perform purification ritual in case I come face to face with The Piper | |
| - Bring purification supplies so ritual can be performed after I meet Rick Warren |
