Happy Monday! Occasionally I’m inspired by my own words, which prompt today’s word-of-the-week… TEST We count stuff. We count money, blood pressure, and the number of trips we’ve made around the sun. Some folks count pounds lost, hours wasted, books read, or golf balls lost. Others count miles cranked on a bike or progress toward […]
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Do You Keep Score?
How do you measure success? We all know it’s important to create our own targets. Nothing’s more self-defeating than constantly trying to meet others’ expectations. But even when you define success on your own terms, it’s tempting to succumb to the cultural obsession with scorekeeping. We need to be careful about what we count, because […]
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People occasionally ask how we chose the social justice organizations we partner with for RICH’S RIDE. Honestly, we simply identified causes we’re passionate about and organizations we trust. We absolutely love the people and the work accomplished by Convoy of Hope. There’s something especially unfair about a hungry child. We’re honored to partner with this organization […]
Continue readingA Lazy Way To Bike
“If you’re going to lie down, why not stay home and take a nap?” “Looks like a pretty lazy way to ride a bike.” “I wish I could just lie down on my bike.” At least once every couple of weeks some well-meaning rider tosses out this kind of casual comment as I’m cranking along. […]
Continue readingHow Can God Care About Little Stuff?
It was a feel-good article titled The Mystery Man At Miller Park. Brief summary: a mom thanked an anonymous young man who went out of his way to make her son feel special during a Milwaukee Brewers baseball game. The article included this blessing: When my wiped-out children were tucked into bed last night, I […]
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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 […]
Continue readingWhat 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 […]
Continue readingWhat To Do When You Mess Up
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 […]
Continue readingWhy You Should Believe In Generosity
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 […]
Continue readingWhat Happens When I Pray?
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 […]
Continue readingLook Out For The Cactus!
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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