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Gnats and Camels

The FREEDOM TOUR is an endless progression of details. Spreadsheets to track donations. Coding for websites. Jersey designs. Turn-by-turn directions for hundreds of miles of routes. As warped as it sounds, I enjoy that stuff. I love the challenge of figuring it out, finding a better way, learning new things. And that’s good, because all […]

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I Don’t Know

Three simple, powerful, humble words. As a new teacher I thought I was supposed to know it all. Nothing terrified me more than a question I couldn’t answer quickly, immediately, on-the-spot. Students wouldn’t respect a teacher who didn’t know stuff. That’s what I thought, so I did everything I could to pretend. Because nobody knows […]

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Theme Music

At the beginning, they play the theme music. If you’ve been here a while you know the FREEDOM TOUR has a wonderful theme song. If not, you’re in for a treat. Please enjoy this video as our 2020 FREEDOM TOUR team rides while our friend Kristen Orphan sings her beautiful version of “Anyway.” Can’t see […]

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Losing A Hero

I don’t use the word “hero” casually. Especially when referring to professional athletes, it’s easy to become hyperbolic when describing our favorites. In one case, it’s nearly impossible to overstate a man’s impact. Hank Aaron was a hero. Certainly among a small handful of the greatest baseball players of all time. Civil rights icon. Humble. […]

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An Unexpected Sermon

Sermons come in many forms. Sometimes they’re in church. This week we all got to hear a wonderful message from Amanda Gorman, America’s first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate. Ms. Gorman read her poem THE HILL WE CLIMB at President Biden’s inauguration. If you didn’t hear her recitation, I recommend looking it up. The poem included […]

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