I have. I observed an all-too-familiar situation this weekend. The details don’t matter, but the principle is essential. It sounds like the lyrics to a bad country song. When you look around at where you are, the one thing you know for sure is…there you are. Circumstances just are. Perhaps we could have made better […]
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Just in time for Cyber-Monday, I have another way for us to bring some people into the circle surrounding RICH’S RIDE. This one’s easy—you can pre-order a copy or three of RICH’S RIDE: Hope Changes What’s Possible. I’ve always been a reader, but I’m not sure I ever understood the real power of a book […]
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Happy Monday! My desire to be part of our current unofficial national sport inspires today’s word-of-the-week… SHOPPING As a kid, I thought Thanksgiving involved some combination of food and football, and I never was quite sure which was more important. I’ve learned to value the “thankful” aspect of the holiday. But sometime Thursday afternoon it […]
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Last time I promised I’d ask for some help as we work together to expand and enrich the circle around RICH’S RIDE. So today I’ll use my spiffy little graphic to talk a little about connect and spread the word. Connect is about enhancing a conversation inside the circle. Please don’t think of this as […]
Continue readingA Thank You I Didn’t Intend To Write
This started as the kind of Thanksgiving post I thought I was supposed to write. I guess I let myself get sucked in occasionally by some self-imposed set of expectations. For some reason I had this idea that a Thanksgiving message “should” have a particular religious message. I don’t know where crazy stuff like that comes […]
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Happy Monday! A random encounter with a radio dial brings me today’s word-or-the-week… MAIN You know how it works. You jump in the car, flip on the radio, and you’re inserted into whatever’s happening on that particular frequency. I arrived just in time to hear the guy proclaim, “The MAIN POINT in life is to […]
Continue readingThe Little Stuff, Isn’t
Our small group has been working through the book of Mark. It’s curious, because Mark relates incidents without a lot of explanation or background. If you don’t look carefully it can seem like a collection of isolated events. In Mark 10, Jesus wanders around Judea with His disciples. He does a few miracles, heals some […]
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I posted this video over at RICH’S RIDE yesterday. I want to share it here because it’s really about a lot more than a bike ride and I’d like to hear your thoughts. I also included the “subscribe” button below for the RICH’S RIDE blog. I want to encourage you to consider clicking. I know […]
Continue readingWhat If It’s Impossible?
Let’s talk a bit about what it looks like when they keep telling you it’s impossible. Can’t see the video? Click here. Please leave a comment here.
Continue readingWhen God Is Good
Recently it seems like a disproportionate number of folks in my extended circle have encountered various kinds of adversity—illness, financial setbacks, relationship struggles, and personal challenges. I don’t want to seem uncaring or matter-of-fact about my friends’ pain. Actually, that’s not what I want to write about. What strikes me is our tendency to celebrate […]
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Happy Monday! Sometimes I wonder about myself and why I think of things like today’s word-of-the-week… INSIDERS Do you ever think about how much of what we do is aimed at insiders? I’m not sure why, but recently I’m struck by how my “church stuff” resembles a closed circle. It just doesn’t seem like I’m […]
Continue readingWho Makes Jesus Relevant?
Saw one of those election post-mortem articles attributing the result to the perceived “irrelevance” of the American church. Actually, I only read the headline and maybe the first paragraph. Then I got lost in self-reflection. If Jesus is perceived as mostly irrelevant in our communities—and I suspect He is—don’t we have much bigger concerns than […]
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