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People like me. OK, not everyone. And it's not that I'm a "big deal." But for the most part, I'm seen as a likeable guy.
But why? It's something I've been wondering about recently.
This spring my consulting has involved research and analysis on college athletics. One aspect of the work has encompassed the faith-athletics connection. If sportsmanship and godly character are well established among athletes, is winning performance also critical? Questions like that. (Turns out this topic is a relevant and widely discussed one just now, as recent work on a 'declaration on sport and the Christian life' demonstrates.)
So it was that thoughts about sports, God, and their interplay bounced around in my head as I ran the Marine Corps Half Marathon. It was the third half marathon I'd ever run — my first being in 2004 (before I had my gaggle of kids) and my second being in 2014, shortly after I'd moved to Virginia.