My last blog article recounted my spectacular loss in our work’s charitable RC car race, which I ran with my good friend and co-worker, Mary. In my story, I related my loss and the subsequent prize that I won for “Worst Driver” to our propensity as humans to lose the battle over sin, yet win because of Christ’s grace. Mary’s story is a different angle on the same theme. Her story is about truly winning the race. In our competition, Mary proved to be the better racer. In the New Testament, our ...
This past week, we had a series of charitable activities at work. One of the events was a remote control (RC) car race. The organizers mapped out a race track in our large meeting room with colored tape—complete with a bridge and a four-posted, bannered finish line. My co-worker, Mary and I, attended the race to cheer on our fellow co-workers. Towards the end of the races, however, they were looking for a couple more contestants, and our boss coerced the two of us into a race. Actually, it was ...