Okay, I’m tossing out a challenge. In about five months a team of roughly twenty cyclists will ride bikes from Cheyenne, Wyoming to Raton Pass on FRONT RANGE FREEDOM TOUR ’14. And I’ve got a crazy idea. What if you ALL joined us? Yeah, you heard me…all of you. What if every person who believes […]
Continue readingIt’s Fun To Look Back
I get to spend most of this weekend talking to a lot of people about riding bikes in warm summer weather. As we plan FRONT RANGE FREEDOM TOUR ’14, it’s fun to anticipate what God’s got in store for this year’s team by looking back at the 2013 ride. I sincerely hope you’ll consider joining […]
Continue readingJesus Talks About Comparing
I used to work for a principal who claimed that the most unfair thing we could do was treat everyone exactly the same. Do you agree? Many folks objected when he approached different kids in different ways. I can’t imagine how many times I heard someone whine, “It’s not fair!” Our insistence on “fairness” is […]
Continue readingAre You Willing To Get In The Way?
Today’s MKL Day, a “holiday” set aside to commemorate the legacy of a great man who challenged our national conscience. A year ago Becky and I looked through the window from which a bullet fired in anger silenced a voice that changed a nation. I wrote the words below for today’s post over at Bouncing […]
Continue readingDisrupt
HAPPY MONDAY! One of my favorite t-shirts inspires today’s word-of-the-week… DISRUPT Becky went to a conference several years ago. I got a t-shirt. She heard Congressman John Lewis speak. Lewis was a member of Dr. Martin Luther King’s inner circle and the youngest speaker at the 1963 March on Washington. He was on the motel […]
Continue readingCapturing Moments
We get to meet some remarkable people. RICH’S RIDE connects us with a lot of talented, generous folks who support our crazy journey. Recently we were honored to spend some time with Julie Ulstrup of Julie Ulstrup Photography. Julie’s a gifted freelance photographer dedicated to “Capturing Moments, Sharing Joy, Creating Memories To Last A Lifetime.” […]
Continue readingIs Fear “Normal”?
We take fear for granted. I think we live in a culture of fear. We’re quite literally immersed in it. We’re so accustomed to being afraid that we don’t even realize how much this embedded fear drives our thinking, attitudes, and choices. For all of our talk about freedom we seem obsessed with power and […]
Continue readingDo You Do Fear Or Freedom?
Do you like living in fear? I didn’t think so. I don’t, either. I’m struck recently by how much we accept fear as a normal mode of operation. # # # As a beginning teacher I was taught to think of myself as a manager. Students were the workers; my job was to manage their […]
Continue readingWhat Do They Need?
Last night our small group did an interesting study. We looked at Acts 16:11-40, the story of the roots of the Philippian church. The story recounts the conversion of three diverse characters: Lydia, a wealthy foreigner; a demon-posessed slave girl; and a Roman jailer. Paul approached each person differently. He did what each needed to […]
Continue readingFight
Happy Monday! An exchange around a tweet prompts today’s word-of-the-week… FIGHT My tweet simply said “Life’s not a battle…unless you choose to fight.” My friend Kristen raised a great counterpoint. I choose to fight. I choose to fight against apathy. I choose to fight against injustice. I choose to fight against all of the lies […]
Continue readingA Sure-Fire Formula For Failure
I have some great advice if you want to fail at just about any task. Last time I suggested Stop trying. Start training, using my invitation to join the team for FRONT RANGE FREEDOM TOUR 2014 as an example. But this isn’t about bike-riding. The same formula works to derail accomplishing any big dream. It’s […]
Continue readingWhere’s God When…?
It’s probably the most common question about God. Even people who don’t believe in Him wonder why He allows bad stuff to happen. I’ve been there. I’ll bet you have as well. I became unsatisfied with platitudes. When you’re drowning in despair, “It’s all part of God’s plan” really doesn’t help much. So I put my […]
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