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Read 12 books with a variety of topics, genres, and styles<\/strong>. I read Radical: Taking your Faith Back from the American Dream<\/a>, which was a challenging book that basically asked where in the Bible it says we should pursue the American Dream instead of following Jesus. Not that the American Dream is wrong or bad, but just a reminder that Christians should be pursuing Jesus first and what He wants for their life, not what our American Culture says we must have to be happy. I followed that \u00a0challenge by reading Uncle Tom’s Cabin<\/a>, which I’m\u00a0surprised\u00a0I’d never read before.\u00a0\u00a0It is a great story about the life of a good\/pious slave named \u00a0Tom and how many different people in the South treated their slaves. \u00a0It is a moving story, though a little hard to read since it is written in the English of the era.<\/p>\n

Complete a Triathlon\u00a0Square Lake<\/a> Short Course, September 10. 0.5 Mile Swim 16.5 Mile Bike 5 Mile Run. <\/strong>For March I ran 25 miles (10 less than\u00a0February), not the right direction but I was sick for almost 2 weeks. I also biked 20.5 miles the first time in 3 months that I’ve been outside!! Plus 30 minutes on the trainer. I started bike commuting towards the end of the month.\u00a0\u00a0No swimming, but we did do some snowshoeing at the beginning of the month!<\/p>\n

Finish this\u00a0YouVersion<\/a> devotional plan<\/strong> (Bible Study). \u00a0Still going well. \u00a0With only one or two verses a day and a short paragraph thought afterwards it doesn’t take a lot of time.<\/p>\n

Make a substantial change to one of my programs at work.<\/strong> We’ve worked on a social\u00a0entrepreneurship\u00a0project using Youth Venture<\/a> as a guide, but it has been a struggle. \u00a0It was designed for 8th grade and up and I ended up with a lot of 6th graders. \u00a0We did some adapting, but it still requires a little more abstract thinking than they’ve demonstrated. \u00a0I also think the “social” part made it a little harder. \u00a0They are wrapping up next week and submitting the applications to me to see if any are worth funding.<\/p>\n

Blog Regularly<\/strong> Blogging on all fronts has slowed down a little. \u00a0As Nadia has gotten older we’ve been taking less pictures and life is just busy! It is hard to carve out chunks of time to write and research.<\/p>\n

Learn how to use my digital camera and experiment with its features. <\/strong>No progress on this one. \u00a0I don’t think this goal is specific enough for clear improvement. \u00a0This month I’ll work on developing something more specific.<\/p>\n

The most viewed<\/strong> post of\u00a0March 2011, \u00a0Curing Plantar Fasciitis<\/a>, again. Number two was Treating Plantar Fasciitis<\/a>, but a surprise number 3 was my post about Twin Cities Running Stores<\/a>. This didn’t change from last month. \u00a0A post I’d like to see get more views is my thoughts of running the Downtown Riverfront<\/a>, which is in the top 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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