Hope For The Hopeless

If things fall into place this morning I’ll be honored to talk to a special audience. Becky’s working to arrange a speaking event for the Re-Entry Center of Ocala. It’s a program designed to help men emerging from the department of corrections break the cycle of addiction, crime, and incarceration. I’ve spoken to similar groups […]

Continue readingMore Tag

Scrambled

Happy Monday! The beginning of week #4 of our Florida tour finds me experiencing today’s word-of-the-week… SCRAMBLED This isn’t about eggs. It’s about our schedule, the crazy way opportunities appear, the wonderfully unexpected way God interrupts our plans. Anyone watching would think the whole thing is scrambled. Have you ever thought God’s work should go […]

Continue readingMore Tag

That Rain Is COLD!

Just a quick update because it’s Sunday. Saturday brought our first in-progress rainout of the tour. We started in beautiful, cool, sunny weather in Bradenton, but as we headed north the wind kicked up. At about 25 miles I stopped for what cyclists call a “natural break” and when I came outside a rainstorm had […]

Continue readingMore Tag

Giving Away Courage

Kris Volpone, the volunteer coordinator for the Fort Meyers Salvation Army, did an amazing job facilitating our meeting with their various client groups. She also offered an interesting observation. “I was interested in how you invited the clients to encourage each other. We talk to them so much about being self-reliant and leaning on God, […]

Continue readingMore Tag

Will You Tolerate Interruptions?

I’m learning a lot on this tour. One lesson is the difference between interruptions and distractions. We talk about being willing to let God interrupt our plans, not being so focused on our vision that we won’t allow God’s vision to interrupt. When we’re seeking speaking opportunities along the route, churches often respond that they’ve […]

Continue readingMore Tag

Just Another Day

I’m not sure I can recall a twenty-four hour period that’s been so packed, blessed, and so much a roller-coaster of experiences. Tuesday evening we met with a group of inpatient clients in the detox unit at David Lawrence Treatment Center in Naples. They’re in the midst of a difficult process, trying to rid themselves […]

Continue readingMore Tag

Gators And Hope

Today’s blog is short. That’s because yesterday was a great day. First, we completed our crossing of the Tamiami Trail—minus the stretch where someone decided they needed rumble strips every ten feet or so on the shoulder. I tried dodging around them, but the traffic had other ideas. So we’re now 474 miles along and […]

Continue readingMore Tag

Posts navigation

1 2 3 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 252 253 254
Scroll to top