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    I Hate Ski Lifts
    I Hate Ski Lifts
    I Hate Ski Lifts
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    I Hate Ski Lifts

    By R. Paul Stevens

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    A humorous look at mastering ski lifts before you can master skiing...

    [Article - 1579 words ]

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherR. Paul Stevens
    Release dateDec 29, 2012
    ISBN9781301626854
    I Hate Ski Lifts
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    R. Paul Stevens

    R. Paul Stevens is professor emeritus of marketplace theology and leadership at Regent College, Vancouver, British Columbia, and a marketplace ministry mentor. He has worked as a carpenter and businessman, and served as the pastor of an inner-city church in Montreal. He has written many books and Bible studies, including Doing God's Business, Work Matters, Marriage Spirituality, The Other Six Days and Spiritual Gifts. He is coauthor (with Pete Hammond and Todd Svanoe) of The Marketplace Annotated Bibliography.

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      I Hate Ski Lifts - R. Paul Stevens

      I Hate Ski Lifts

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      I Hate Ski Lifts

      Just as paddling out to the line up in surfing seemed to be my nemesis when I was learning the sport in my sixties, so ski lifts took on a special sort of dread for me.

      A youngster would have shrugged off the knack of getting on and off these contraptions with barely a twitch of his shoulder.

      As we age, the brain seems to slowly lower the barrier on new experiences and skills.

      In my case, it’s already full of junk a half century old or more and it hasn’t yet sat and taken note of the revolutionary message: things are different now!

      We had flown into Steamboat Springs. A great family orientated Rocky Mountain ski resort in Colorado.

      Right here is one of the reasons I embarked on a first time ski career at the age of 68.

      Sure these trips

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