What do running and writing have in common? My two sons love telling jokes. They have, in fact, become a headline act in our church's yearly talent show. Andy Murray's favourite number? Ten is. His bedtime? Ten-ish! Such is the quality of quip featured in their annual performance. 'What do running and writing have in common?' sounds, initially, like a question so absurd that it wouldn't be out of place in their next recital. Running and writing? Surely these two verbs are from such far-flung ends of the 'verbial' spectrum (sorry, a neologism was necessary there!) that they can only co-exist in a comedy line-up? Think again! I have long thought that running contains a limitless supply of metaphors for our spiritual lives. It was only this morning that I began to discern its countless connections to writing too. As I set out running this morning, for the first time in a while, after weeks of holidays, parties and indulgences, I observed a