Happy Monday! A blog comment prompts today’s word-of-the-week… BIG How big is God? Whatever your answer…He’s bigger than that. A lot bigger. Human minds don’t deal well with infinity. As a math teacher, I talked to calculus students about infinite processes, and mostly they thought of “infinite” as “really, really big.” Honestly, I’m not sure […]
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What If You Don’t Have A Cool Bike?
I’ve always learned a lot from young people. For thirty-five years I got paid (not a lot) to teach math to kids. I usually learned more from my students than they learned from me. For instance, one kid showed me how to “text” one-handed, during class, while your phone’s in the back pocket of your […]
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Apparently it’s the season for public scandal. Politicians, athletes, and media figures seem to be lining up to provide the latest highly visible lapse in personal or professional judgment. Personal indiscretions, performance enhancing drugs, political cover-ups—if not for the tragic consequences, the stream of indignities would be laughable. It’s like a reality TV competition—How Low […]
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People are incredibly generous. As we put the wraps on Front Range FREEDOM Tour and prepare to crank from Taos to Tucson I continue to be amazed at how freely folks share their time, talent, and treasure. The FREEDOM Tour team and their supporters donated more than $7,000 (after all expenses) to U COUNT Campaign […]
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There’s a conversation. I know I talk and God listens. I believe God speaks. I try to listen. I don’t know how that works. Not really. In worship last weekend I heard a familiar phrase: “Jesus, we invite you into this place…” and I thought, “Why are we inviting Him when we know He’s already […]
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Do you get more flat tires when you bike near cactus plants? I guess we’re about to find out. Taos to Tucson 2013 will take us on an October tour through some of the American southwest’s iconic cities. I’ve already had to practice spelling “Albuquerque” and “Tucson”—I’m good with Taos, Santa Fe, Phoenix, and Flagstaff. […]
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Happy Monday! From yesterday’s sermon comes today’s word-of-the-week… PLANS Our pastor asked a great question yesterday. “Are we asking God to bless our plans, or are we seeking God’s plans and asking if we can play?” Today over at RICH’S RIDE we unveiled our next project, TAOS TO TUCSON 2013. As I think about cranking […]
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Becky came home a few days ago and asked a rather curious question. “What exactly IS Rich’s Ride?” Okay, it was a question someone asked her and she realized she didn’t have a succinct response. At first I dismissed it as a dumb question, but my classroom experience taught me “that’s a dumb question” usually […]
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My last post challenged me. I hate it when that happens. I don’t mind pointing out your flaws and mistakes. It’s less pleasant when my own words bite me in the backside. But I try to take this following Jesus thing seriously, and this time I’m forced to look in the mirror. I wrote about […]
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So maybe you’ve noticed the blogs aren’t arriving as frequently. Or maybe you haven’t. We’ve been reassessing how we do this thing called RICH’S RIDE. If you’re considering following a dream, perhaps this analysis will help your thinking. First, I’ve simplified the words in my diagram. Capacity represents what you can do. It’s your gifts, […]
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This writing thing is an interesting process. I used to worry about what I’d write. Sometimes I’d build a plan, figuring I’d worry less if I knew what I was going to write about. But often I found myself torturing the plan because it didn’t make sense when I actually started writing. These days I […]
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When’s your next trip? I love how many times we’ve heard that question since we finished the FREEDOM Tour. People care. They’re part of the circle. They like what this crazy project represents. I wish we had a simple answer, but there’s nothing simple about taking an old bald guy in a wheelchair on the […]
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