Relating to specific events and their details
• It’s less about doing than being • [2 MIN READ] I have a friend who’s been alienated by institutional faith because all he heard from the lectern is commands for what to do. He heard a lot of bossiness. That introduction is an excuse to interrogate how people who are considering a lifelong partnership … More That Which Makes a Person Live Christian
• Let’s not • [<2 MIN READ] Playing softball, one ACF student managed to get smacked in the chest with a bat. How? I don’t know. It’s college. Weird things happen in college. Anyway, his chest was pretty painful and the other ACF buddies wanted him to go to Student Health Services to get checked … More I Bruise You, You Bruise Me*
• What you can discover when socializing • [1½ MIN READ] Shoshana is the youngest sister of GGR regular J’Adam (“J” is for Jenkintown). I had learned that both of his 2 younger sisters ran, but neither had ever joined us before. After visiting a few times and hanging out for the usual afterruns, I … More Degrees of Connection (#327: 2025’10’22’W)
• And being a good sport in the process • Lynette moved to the Philly area at the beginning of 2025 and started running with JRC’s Growlers Group Run on Wednesday nights. She decided to run her first marathon not so long after and picked Philadelphia. She’ll be moving back to Florida in December for … More Making Memories in Memorable Ways (#200: ZY Weekly Newsletter 10/4/25)
• It’s a matter of perspective • [1½ MIN READ] When the team lead asks a member to deliver, one does, right? Especially if the team member likes the lead. So when Lead says ‘That deadline that you were targeting? It just got moved up’, you get to delivering more quickly. Forbidden Drive at 7:30 … More Long Run as Corporate Effort (#199: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/27/25)
• Serendipitous and deliberate • [1½ MIN READ] Since travel during race-training season often overlaps with customary training runs, one must make allowances. For me, making them gives me an opportunity to make friends in new spaces. Take Wife’s professional meetings, for instance. I’ll have her put out an announcement about a morning group run … More Accommodating Has Its Rewards (#324: 2025’10’01’W)
• I did 2024 okay • [2 MIN READ] Last week’s ZY Newsletter feature, “Elsewhere on the Web” (“Rumination 2”), got my attention because I wanted to compare notes with my experience last spring 2024. Then, I did two marathons in a row for the second time in my 14-year running career, those were to … More A Double-marathon Season (#198: ZY Weekly Newsletter 9/20/25)
• People ate it up • [1½ MIN READ] Donuts and Discussion made a reappearance from last year as a club outreach activity. Like last year, it ran for 3 Wednesdays across consecutive weeks at the beginning of the semester. This D&D featured a few of us club reps sitting in the Chat eatery giving … More No, Donuts and Discussion Didn’t Crumble
• You can be sure there were more • [1½ MIN READ] Asian Christian Fellowship’s fall retreat for the second time was the combined retreat for Coalition for Christian Outreach’s Central and Eastern Pennsylvania regions (09’12’F-14’U). Forty-two students and CCO staff from 5 college campuses participated this year, 12 from Arcadia University (9 students, 3 … More Two Takes on the ACF Retreat
• Instead of “Run” • [1½ MIN READ] It’s odd to think how many JRC GGR-ers, back in the day, were not actually denizens of Jenkintown, given the store’s name; but, you know, retailers can’t discriminate: it’s bad for business (Jenkintown Running Company online and this website). What’s odd, relatively, is how many Jenkintonians there … More Walk Report (#323: 2025’09’24’W)
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