by Greg | Apr 11, 2011 | Archive
I have to admit, the title of Craig Groeschel’s new book–WEIRD: Because Normal Isn’t Working, caught my attention. And I’m glad it did. If you’re wanting to recalibrate your life to better follow Jesus . . . this one is worth reading....
by Greg | Mar 29, 2011 | Archive
Life lessons for those who want to climb high . . . Follow the leader. Our final summit bids on both Kilimanjaro and Cotopaxi were begun near midnight. At night the temperatures are at their lowest which keeps the volcanic skree (climbing through skree is like...
by Greg | Mar 15, 2011 | Archive
Life lessons for those who want to climb high . . . Climb with a cause. The night before we began our summit bid on Cotopaxi our guides gathered our team together for one final briefing. Abraham (our lead guide) had a map of the mountain. He showed us the route we...
by Greg | Feb 4, 2011 | Archive
Life Lessons for those who want to climb high . . . Climbing Companions When you are climbing, your team matters. A lot. The ten guys with whom I summitted Cotopaxi were amazing men who I needed to be able to trust with my life. They were friends who spent months...
by Greg | Jan 31, 2011 | Archive
7 A.M. Saturday. 1/29/2011 All 10 of our team summitted Cotopaxi . . . “Yeah team! Yeah God!” The summit bid was the hardest physical challenge of my life. 6 inches of fresh powder in the hours before we began our trek made the mountain even more...
by Greg | Jan 28, 2011 | Archive
Just a brief update . . . We’ve all been up since 6 yesterday morning. Began our summit bid at eleven last night and were off the mountain by 10:30 this morning. Rested at base camp, packed up, hiked 45 minutes down to the bus and headed in to our hotel in...
