Dam(n) Run

Tomorrow I am participating in the Lawrence Dam Run 12K. Sherry runs? Riiiiight.

No, I don't run. So why would I waste my time, money, and energy on a beautiful Saturday morning wearing myself out for nearly 8 miles? Because I work for a church. Huh?

Friends ask me why I go to a "church" (and work for it) when I do not seem to be particularly religious. I have several answers.....
1) I like being in a purposeful community - and this congregation is made of like-minded people who choose to come together as a community,
2) These friends have an idea of what it means to "be religious" and I don't meet the criteria, rather like I do not meet most people's criteria of being a runner,
3) I like to push myself to do things that stretch me beyond my comfort zone - such as sharing my personal thoughts as the education director and as a parent with the people attending the early service, or walking further than I would ever really have to given that I live too far from town to walk to the store.

And for the first time in my working life, I am in a job and I am not looking for a different job.
So wish me luck in the run. I'll be with the other walkers, purposefully plodding along not to win, but to say we finished.