Fr. Ryan Lerner, Chaplain

Fr. Ryan Lerner, Chaplain

Running on Faith is a blog by Fr. Ryan Lerner, Catholic Chaplain at Yale University. An avid runner, Fr. Ryan takes to the streets of New Haven each morning at dawn, where he finds inspiration in the rhythm of his steps and the quiet of the early hours.

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Between Mountains: Praying for Peace

Between Mountains: Praying for Peace

This morning, I ran past the Albertus Magnus College track before descending Science Hill. As the streetlamps lit up the pre-dawn darkness and...

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What a Squirrel Taught Me About Seeking Jesus

What a Squirrel Taught Me About Seeking Jesus

I was running to the top of Sleeping Giant in Hamden yesterday morning, thinking about the encounter between the rich young man and Jesus in the...

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Angels Watching Over Us

Angels Watching Over Us

It was a bit of a late start as I hurried out the door this morning. I had to finish by 6:30am so I could make it to Mass at St. Stanislaus. It was...

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Striving for the More Excellent Way

Striving for the More Excellent Way

I’ve been running for almost thirty years, and from my freshman year in high school through my college days, Bob was there, standing on the starting...

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