The Theology of the Long Hill

Residing in the Hurt Locker

A couple of years ago, I signed up for a major bicycling event - the Lu Lack Wyco Hundo metric century. Miles and miles of countryside, gravel, and grueling hills. I didn’t know what I was really getting into, but I went for it anyway.

Some of the hills were short and sharp; others were just long, slow ascents. I attacked ‘the wall’ and made it, huffing …