Hurdles

"We're often told that life is more a marathon than a sprint. Scripture in general and St. Paul's writings in particular also encourage us to pick up on this metaphor of life as a race. As we've moved through the challenge of a global pandemic yet still find formidable obstacles ahead, perhaps its most useful to begin to think of ourselves not merely as runners but as hurdlers. In the pages ahead, I'll lay out the case for this approach, providing what I hope is a practical reframing of the obstacles we face with a gospel mindset and a dose of Stoic philosophy"--