by Andy Baker | Jun 25, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
My wife tells the story of getting her first pair of glasses when she was a kid. She didn’t understand why her parents and optometrist thought she needed them, as she had always seen everything perfectly fine. The optometrist was located in a mall, and upon...
by Andy Baker | Jun 18, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
Several years ago, we met our family in Minneapolis to celebrate Christmas. We were fortunate to stay at a hotel connected to the Mall of America, allowing us to go in and out of the mall as we pleased (especially nice in Minnesota during the winter). A certain coffee...
by Andy Baker | Jun 4, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
The words holiness and love have become pretty hollow words today. For most of us, they certainly haven’t kept their biblical meanings. I hate to admit it, but when I hear the word “holy” I imagine a very stern finger being pointed in my direction....
by Andy Baker | May 28, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
This past week I’ve been out in “the bush” of Nicaragua visiting communities without electricity, water, medical care, education beyond 6th grade, and more. A interrsting aspect of this communities is that the livestock is very much communal. There are no barns,...
by Andy Baker | May 14, 2024 | Vital Men Devotions
As a runner, I often get asked how I did on a particular run or race. I find such questions particularly vexing because success in running is extremely relative. A 44-minute 10K would be a disaster for many runners, but for me it would be a personal best. Getting on...