Dad climbs mountains while carrying weight of late daughter
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🗓️ 13 May 2026
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Summary
A grieving father recently climbed the tallest mountains in Scotland, England, and Wales wearing a twenty-two-pound vest, the same weight his daughter Zoë was when she died of cancer at nearly two years old. His decision illustrates the fact that leverage is central to life: the question is the ends we choose to serve. Satan leverages our circumstances for the worst possible outcomes, while Jesus is the master of leveraging our circumstances for the best possible outcomes. The challenge is whether we will use what we’ve been given to glorify ourselves—or to become the kind of people who “turn the world upside down” for the kingdom of God.
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| 0:00.0 | Good day and welcome to the Wednesday, May the 13th, 2026 edition of Denison Forum's Daily |
| 0:08.2 | Article podcast. Today's daily article is written by our co-founder and chief vision officer, |
| 0:14.3 | Dr. Jim Denison. I'm Chris Elkins, narrator. |
| 0:18.8 | A grieving father recently ascended the tallest mountains in Scotland, England, |
| 0:24.2 | and Wales, while wearing a vest the weight of his late daughter. Nathan Morris completed the |
| 0:30.1 | three-peak challenge in honor of Zoe, who died of cancer in 2017, three months shy of her second |
| 0:37.4 | birthday. He wore a 22-pound vest, |
| 0:40.6 | the same weight Zoe was when she died, to model her resilience through her treatment and to |
| 0:46.0 | carry her with him every step of the way. His decision illustrates the fact that leverage is |
| 0:52.5 | central to life. The question is the ends we choose to serve. |
| 0:57.1 | In Nathan's case, it was using tall mountains to honor his beloved late daughter. |
| 1:01.8 | In several other examples in the news, the purpose was less uplifting. |
| 1:06.5 | U.S. and Iran are continuing their stalemate while blaming one another for the war. |
| 1:11.6 | Russia and Ukraine are continuing their conflict despite a U.S. mediated ceasefire, |
| 1:16.6 | each accusing the other of launching drone and artillery strikes. |
| 1:21.6 | Republicans and Democrats are using the rise in consumer inflation to blame the other party and advance their |
| 1:29.1 | midterm prospects. |
| 1:31.0 | You can see the pattern. |
| 1:32.4 | I'm leveraging my time this morning by writing this article in the hope that God will |
| 1:37.0 | use it to help you know Christ and make him known more fully. |
| 1:41.1 | You are leveraging your time by reading it with the same hope in mind, I hope. |
| 1:46.9 | I can leverage hunger later today by eating food that will make me fit or food that will make me |
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