I think a lot about the impact of this project. I know what I want. I want you to catch the vision. I want you to see what we’re doing and get excited. I want you to feel inspired, to ask, “How can I get in?” I also want to know about our impact. Problem is, […]
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HAPPY MONDAY! One of my favorite things is today’s word-of-the-week… QUESTIONS I’ve learned everyone doesn’t share my love of authentic questions. I guess I understand, since questions are often thinly-disguised weapons. “Why did you do it that way?” may be a sincere inquiry. Or it may be an attack…”That was a dumb way to do […]
Continue readingFreedom Tour ’15 Video
Did you know we have a theme song? Our friend Kristen Orphan from Finally Home Foundation graciously donated her beautiful recording of this inspirational song. If this doesn’t get you fired up, have someone check your pulse! Can’t see the video? Click here. There’s a way for everyone to join this team. You know you […]
Continue readingWaiting For The Guy In Charge
“Who organized all of this?” I was describing RICH’S RIDE to a new group of guys and one man asked who set it all up. “I mean, who figured it all out and put it together?” “Well, we did. Becky and I at first, and then a few friends. The circle grew as people caught […]
Continue readingWhat About Those Stairs?
What do you see when you approach a staircase? Me? I see a diabolical obstacle designed to keep me from reaching the other level. Of course I don’t believe the builder intended to frustrate me. I’m simply seeing the stairs through my personal biases. I know the creator of this sign meant well. I’m sure he didn’t […]
Continue readingWhat Did God Call That Tree?
“The Bible begins with the creation of a world and a garden, with the fashioning of humanity and two trees. One tree in the garden is strangely named the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Not “the tree of sin,” not “the tree of self-destruction”—the Bible writer gives us a lengthier, more descriptive […]
Continue readingHow To Escape A Drive-By Life
Teachers fight the temptation of a mile wide and an inch deep. We try to teach a curriculum that’s so broad, there’s no time for students to stop and think deeply. It becomes all about shortcuts and speed and pass the test and on to the next topic because we have to get it all covered. And […]
Continue readingWhose Dream Will You Follow?
I absolutely believe we’re wired to follow big dreams. However, I don’t buy the sappy notion “if you believe it you can achieve it.” I’ve said before that Jiminy Cricket’s advice to Pinocchio to wish upon a star made for a great song, but I’m not seeking wisdom from a bug. In Genesis 12, Abram […]
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HAPPY MONDAY! A great group discussion got me thinking about two sides of today’s word-of-the-week… BEST I tossed out my idea that life doesn’t have to be a competition. In a group of men, I knew there’d be pushback. “Without competition, what’s the incentive to improve? Competition is just the way we’re wired. Everyone wants […]
Continue readingFigure It Out As You Go
Imagine learning to ride a bike while sitting still. Seems like it would be the safe way to begin, right? No risk from crashing into obstacles, wouldn’t need to steer, no worries about brakes or pedals. You could just concentrate on one skill, and after you mastered the whole balancing thing you could move on […]
Continue readingAbram Left Home
A really smart leader once told a class, “If you want to make sense of scripture, THINK HEBREW.” He wanted us to remember that scripture was written to an audience in a context. We understand scripture when we put ourselves in the sandals of those to whom it was originally written. When we immediately imagine […]
Continue readingThe High Cost Of Cheap
I spend a lot of time thinking about bike tours. More accurately–I spend a lot of time thinking about how to get you involved in FRONT RANGE FREEDOM TOUR. Not because it’ll help me, but because I sincerely believe becoming part of this community might be a life-changing experience for you and because together we […]
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