Happy Monday! Let’s begin with an appropriate word-of-the-week… PRIORITIZE I watched a big chunk of Whitney Houston’s memorial service this weekend. I can’t escape the haunting sense of enormous waste. After the songs and stories, Pastor Marvin Winans captured my thoughts with the theme of his powerful, emotional sermon: prioritize. He talked about “putting things […]
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God’s Masterpiece?
Happy Saturday! Do you ever read a Bible passage without really READING it? Without internalizing and taking it seriously? I do that all the time. Here’s an example: Can’t see the video? Click here. Have a great weekend.
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Do you have a “favorite” Bible passage? I like ice cream. A lot. I like lots of other things—baseball and dogs and riding my bike. But I REALLY LIKE ice cream. So I struggle in an ice cream shop that offers dozens of choices. They’re all wonderful and choosing one means rejecting the rest. I […]
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Do you ever have conversations with yourself? “What’s next?” “What do you mean? “Well, you’re telling us about your bike ride and describing it as a dream. What does that mean? Was it an item on your bucket list, something to accomplish and then move on to the next thing? Because it seems like a […]
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Do you like asking for help? I don’t. Living in a wheelchair highlights my quest for the illusion of independence. I work hard to fashion my environment so I can “do it myself.” I don’t want others doing everyday tasks for me. I’d prefer to avoid asking for help. Accepting assistance when it’s offered is difficult […]
Continue readingDo Followers Have To Be Dreamers?
Have you ever said something and wondered whether you really believe what you said? A few days ago I spoke to a group about the dream that became RICH’S RIDE. I heard myself say words that surprised me: When you stop dreaming, you start dying. Sounds good, right? It’s the kind of thing motivational speakers […]
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Happy Monday! I wonder if most weeks begin with the sense of today’s word-of-the-week… Ordinary “How can you possibly put all the stories from RICH’S RIDE in one book?” It’s a encouraging question from someone who found the project interesting and perhaps even inspiring. When I’m stuck in the middle of a manuscript it helps to remember […]
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Happy Saturday! This talk by Simon Sinek makes me want to leap tall buildings. Grab a cup of coffee, work past the business examples, and be inspired! My favorite line: Martin Luther King gace the “I Have A Dream” speech, not the “I Have A Plan” speech. Can’t see the video? Click here. Have a […]
Continue readingPaul Bunyan’s Shadow
I’m sharing some excerpts from my in-progress manuscript about Rich’s Ride. You can check out previous posts here. # # # # # Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox greeted us at the shore of Lake Bemidji. Nothing like an eighteen-foot-tall pipe-smoking lumberjack and a colossal blue ox to put things in perspective. We munched […]
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Note: I posted a manuscript excerpt over at Rich’s Ride. After you read about dreams I hope you’ll stop by and check out Paul Bunyan’s Shadow. # # # # # That’s a pesky question: What’s a dream? I think a lot these days about God-sized dreams. It’s a byproduct of talking about Rich’s Ride. People […]
Continue readingWhat’s At The Center?
I ran across two old stories this week that seem related. One story was really more of a quote attributed to Billy Graham, who remarked that all references to the Bible could be eliminated from most churches without affecting 95% of their activities. He also observed that the remaining 5% has the power to change the […]
Continue readingPlay It Safe Or Go For It?
Do you ever fumble tough questions? I’ve told you before that my a favorite part of speaking is the Q&A sessions. It’s not because I do well. Frequently someone asks a question that catches me completely by surprise. That happened last weekend at a church in a neighboring community. I told them about RICH’S RIDE […]
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