HAPPY MONDAY! The first four words of the Bible got me thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… ME That’s what it’s all about, right? Becky and I are putting together a year-end recap of RICH’S RIDE, trying to summarize the results of our project. Did you catch the end of that sentence? As we wrote, we noticed […]
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Are You Really Free?
I love the freedom of cycling. I’m not sure everyone understands what I mean when I say that. Some reading I’ve been doing reminded me of the apparent paradox of freedom as a follower of Jesus. In some ways it’s like cycling. It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, […]
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“I’m just not a spiritual person.” Ever heard someone say that? I’ve been doing some reading lately that reminded me of a friend who claims to be “a science guy.” He echoes a popular notion that some folks are spiritual and some aren’t. I believe that’s a lie. We’re all spiritual—in fact, our very essence […]
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Lucy and Kevin Donaldson have guts. The “red light district” in Delhi, India is six hundred years old. It’s big business, operated by organized crime. The ruthless human traffickers who buy and sell women and children place little value on a single human life aside from the income it can produce. They’re not kind to […]
Continue readingAll You Need Is Love?
I’ve been pondering 1 John for several weeks. Frankly, it’s been a bit frustrating. I’m trying to understand why the writer goes on and on about love. I get that love is a big deal. It’s the big deal. But it feels like the letter goes around and around this same topic. I figure I […]
Continue readingA Great Gift Idea
At RICH’S RIDE we talk a lot about climbing hills. Maybe that’s because most anyone, with minimal training and effort, can bike on flat, smooth terrain. The hills and mountains are the interesting, challenging, and sometimes frightening parts of the ride. People face many different kinds of hills; the ones we ascend on bikes may […]
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HAPPY MONDAY! A dear friend and mentor brings us today’s word-of-the-week… McFaith Okay, it’s an odd word, but I’ll bet you get the meaning. Just like fast food, America’s sort of obsessed with a quickie version of faith that my late friend Al Helder called McFaith. You don’t need to think, just pick a number […]
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We get a rare opportunity Saturday evening. We’ll meet some folks who are “boots on the ground” in the struggle against human trafficking. This summer our Front Range FREEDOM Tour raised money for U COUNT Campaign and their partners at Project Rescue. The FREEDOM Tour team and their supporters donated nearly $7,000 (after all expenses) […]
Continue readingHow Will Others Remember You?
“Any publicity is good publicity.” We’ve seen that truth play out again and again as public figures compete for the spotlight. In some arenas, apparently it doesn’t matter how you’re seen, as long as you’re seen. Do you ever get a little frustrated when people do the same selfish, hurtful things time after time, and […]
Continue readingAre You Willing To Be Flexible?
As we pulled out of Fort Collins on our very first ride, Pastor Mark Orphan imparted one final bit of wisdom: Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be broken. I don’t think he was quoting the Beatitudes, but we’re discovering it’s great advice for operating on the road. We had a great first […]
Continue readingAre You A Black Hole Or A Prism?
John 3:16 is perhaps the most well-known verse in the Bible. For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. That’s the outrageous nature of God’s sacrificial love for me—even His own Son was not too high a […]
Continue readingRich’s Ride Worship Video
Today I’d like to share a gift I made for some folks toward the end of the TAOS to TUCSON tour. Several of our speaking events included worship. I wanted to contribute somehow. I thought about offering to sing, but I didn’t want to inflict that kind of pain. So I made this video, which tells the […]
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