“Dear God, today help me to Stand up tall, Smile, and Listen. Amen.”
How one simple prayer can have far-reaching effects.
I arrive at 6:20AM towards the end of the session just as Larry shouts, “Time for the Subway mile.” Spread out on the church parking lot are 25 boot campers of varying ages and shapes. They immediately take off running up Adelphi Road towards the Subway shop on the nearby campus of University of Maryland.