Have you ever battled an addiction? We all know about addictions to drugs, alcohol, pornography, gambling, food…maybe you’ve struggled with similar demons. This weekend our pastor mentioned an addiction I’d never considered. Do you think we can become addicted to excitement? It’s an interesting notion. I’m no expert on addiction, and I’m not sure Jeff […]
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Happy Monday! I’m a little fired up about today’s word-of-the-week… ENABLED This is Oz Sanchez. He’s a former Reconnaissance Marine who served multiple deployments. He volunteered to become a Navy SEAL before a hit-and-run driver ended his military career. Oz is a multiple world champion and multiple Paralympic gold medalist. He set the course record […]
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Ever notice that growth tends to be uncomfortable? Yeah…me, too. A while back I wrote a post titled Just Okay about my struggles with training for my recent tour. At the end I said God’s about second (and third and fourth and…) chances. But what do I do with those additional chances? I’ve noticed that […]
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And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love. 1 Corinthians 13:13 is one of those great feel-good Bible verses. What’s better than faith, hope, and love, right? Toss that chapter around and a wedding’s likely to spring up right before your eyes. But…am I the only one […]
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I often sense that I stumble through life almost completely oblivious to the incredible story taking place around me. When I occasionally manage to trip over something miraculous, I feel a bit like a blind squirrel finding a nut. I don’t believe those are accidents (No Coincidences) but I can’t help wondering how frequently God […]
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Nobody’s here by accident. My friend Al used to say that often. It confused me, because I thought Al was saying we should understand why we were there. I figured everyone else knew their purpose, and I had no clue. Besides, we’re all free, right? The fact that a particular group happened to show up […]
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Happy Monday! Since today’s Labor Day in the US, I’ll make the obvious choice for word-of-the-week… WORK I learn a lot from my dog. While we cranked along the Mississippi River last year he wrote a blog post called Play Or Work. He made the important point that it’s okay to be tired if you’re […]
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For me, following Jesus is mostly a process of learning what I already know. I think I’m a perpetual beginner when it comes to integrating what I know into what I do. Yesterday I asked a question: Ever Feel Discouraged? As so often happens, one of those daily, ordinary, almost unnoticed events reminded me of […]
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What kinds of things cause you to become discouraged? The past twenty-four hours have been eventful. Hurricane Isaac made landfall and stalled over New Orleans, dumping buckets of rain on the anniversary of Katrina. I wrote a post over at Rich’s Ride blog expressing concerns for the folks we met in that area last fall. […]
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As I write this, Hurricane Isaac batters the gulf coast. Storms in the south aren’t new. I’ve heard of them all my life, but there’s something different about this one. Less than ten months ago we were riding beside those levees, talking to some of the people whose lives and livlihoods are seperated from the […]
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The more I think about it, the more I like my metaphor (or is it an analogy?) that following Jesus is like walking a tight rope. Is it okay to admit that I like my own metaphor? This weekend our pastor reminded us that early Christians were called followers of The Way and that Jesus described […]
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Happy Monday! Over the weekend I was reminded of the true meaning of today’s word-of-the-week… CHURCH Saturday evening Becky came home happy and exhausted. She spent the day at Sharing Hope, a community outreach partnership between local churches and Convoy of Hope. In a big vacant lot in north Fort Collins, 1300 volunteers from three […]
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