How often do you ask God to make you comfortable? My bike ride today was tough. I’ve done four long rides in a row this week. I guess today was the low-energy point. I stopped for a snack and found myself wondering why there have to be difficult days. I’d bet I’m not alone in […]
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Do Worship Styles Matter?
How much do you think about worship styles? I’m frequently amazed by my church’s worship. I always thought church meant a narrow set of traditional elements. Every church I ever attended had hymnals and organ music, with an occasional quiet guitar tossed in. There were almost always choir robes, and ministers wore robes or conservative […]
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Wednesday already…time’s fun when you’re having flies. You’re among the first to get some BIG news. Please check out the latest edition of Rich’s Semi-Regular Newsletter. I’m excited.
Continue readingDoes God Care About My Circumstances?
I’m wondering if the important things in life depend less on my circumstances and more on me becoming a better person. What’s your take on this statement? I’ve been listening lately to what people seem to pray about, what they ask others to pray about. I’ve been thinking a lot about the content of my […]
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Happy Monday! In my world, I need to begin this week with a renewed commitment. That’s because of my word-of-the-week… AUTOPILOT I feel like I need to apologize to you. A whole bunch of things got really busy during the past two weeks, most of them related to RICH’S RIDE. I realized over the weekend […]
Continue readingHow Can I Get Involved?
That’s a great question. Obviously this project is bigger than any one–or two or a dozen–individuals can manage. Beyond that, we want to offer as many folks as possible the opportunity to contribute and participate. Here are some areas in which we know we’ll have some needs: Logistics We need people to ride with Rich […]
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What does HOPE mean to you? I spoke to a local Rotary Club last week. After my talk a man walked up and asked an interesting question: Where do you think hope comes from? I told him that my hope comes from God. He said, “Well, yeah, but what does that really mean?” Not a […]
Continue readingPeanuts And Shells
Do you get discouraged when little things go wrong? My brother has a saying: Some days are peanuts, some days are shells. Monday I had an absolutely great bike ride. Cranked a little more than thirty miles, hardly noticed the hills, rode faster than I ever have, wasn’t even tired when I got home. At […]
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Have you ever been driving and suddenly realized you’re not aware of the last few miles? I noticed something during my bike ride this morning. Or, rather, I noticed how much I wasn’t noticing. I was rolling along, having a great workout, and suddenly I realized I’d just coasted along for a couple of miles. I stopped […]
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Happy Monday. Today I’m wondering if I chose the correct word-of-the-week… SERIOUS Here’s what prompted this word—I was flipping television channels and heard this question asked of a guest on a talk show: Are you really serious about this Christianity stuff? The interviewer was trying to poke holes in Christian theology using tired old arguments, […]
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Welcome To Rich’s Ride Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoy this unlikely journey that began as an outrageous, God-sized dream and grew in a number of unexpected directions. It even became a book. RICH’S RIDE: Hope Changes What’s Possible will release in December 2012. What’s Rich’s Ride? How It All Began What We’re About […]
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Happy Saturday! We’d probably agree that big-time sports figures aren’t always the best role models. Tony Dungy is an exception. In a world that has a warped view of what being a “real man” is, let Coach Dungy express how real men talk. (If you can’t see the video, click here.) Have a great week.
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