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Life’s marathon: Former addict embraces running as worship

By Steve Ritchie Michael Traeger didn’t hit bottom when he was expelled from Silverton High School. Or when his father, Mike, died in a tragic car accident just before Michael’s 18th birthday. Hitting bottom happened some years later, when Michael was 23. He was living out of his backpack in Salem, with no money and no place to sleep. He […]

What does it take to achieve a goal?

We have all done it, whether we wish to admit it or not. As the clock strikes midnight to signal the New Year, we set a goal or two  for what we want to accomplish. And then sometime by January or March, we have watched that goal disappear. Why do some people set goals and achieve them and others not? […]