The number you’re looking for is 225,000. That’s how many miles Phil Keoghan typically logs per year as the host and executive producer of “The Amazing Race.” “It’s the most ambitious reality show out there because we’re always on the move,” he says. “In any given season, we’re constantly switching countries thousands of miles away from each other.”

Keoghan’s work with the CBS stalwart — in which teams of two span the globe in hopes of winning $1 million — has led to 23 Emmy nominations and 10 wins since its 2001 premiere. But exhausted eliminating contestants at pit stops is just a small part of his journey. He’s also embarked on don’t-try-this-at-home adventures such as pedaling his bike from Los Angeles to New York City to raise money for MS Disease (documented in the film “The Ride”), enjoying a 5-star meal on top of an erupting volcano in Stromboli

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VocationHow do we all know if God is asking us? How do we know what our vocation is? How can we listen to God? Many individuals are confused about their vocation.

The Latin phrase vox, meaning voice,” and the associated word vocāre, that means to name”, give us the basis voc or vok. Words from the Latin vox or vocāre have something to do with the voice or with calling. Anything vocal is produced by the voice. A vocation is the work that someone is known as to do as a job. To evoke is to name forth. To invoke is to name on for aid or protection. To provoke is to call forth another’s anger. The word voice additionally has vox as its root.

Discipline , as far as it exists, just isn’t of the humanistic or the spiritual sort, but of the kind that one gets in training …

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