I thought I share a working list of what I learned from the experience of Rich’s Ride. Might be chapters for a new book… Don’t let your resources determine your vision God values character more than comfort Hope changes what’s possible God wants actors rather than spectators It’s about the journey and the destination Faith […]
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Learning Thankfulness
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Hebrews 12:1 A couple of weeks ago I accomplished a dream. I’m still learning from the experience. Perhaps […]
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On the final day of Rich’s Ride I spent some time wondering what final insights I might glean from the scripture I’d been pondering for the past eight weeks. I recalled a pastor friend suggesting that a good tactic involves highlighting different words. So for a few miles I thought about how the third line […]
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Have you ever thought of God as same-old-same-old? I posed that question this morning to the men’s group I spoke to in Hannibal. The general consensus was that God is never that way, but our lives often are. I shared this scripture and talked about what it meant to me (Hannibal Devotions) in the context […]
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I’m speaking at a men’s breakfast tomorrow in Hannibal, Missouri at the Mark Twain Dinette. It’s probably nothing like the picture I have in my mind, but it sure sounds cool. I just received my “assignment.” I’m supposed to do a twenty minute devotional. So I thought I’d tell you what I’m thinking about and […]
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Happy Monday. Greetings from Burlington, Iowa, where I’m struggling to find today’s word-of-the-week… PATIENCE I’ve gotten behind schedule on Rich’s Ride. No excuses—for a lot of reasons I’m about twenty miles behind where I need to be, and almost sixty miles behind where I’d hoped to be, to reach my 1500 mile goal. I know, you’re […]
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Yesterday I was privileged to speak to about 800 students at North Central University in Minneapolis. It was an awesome experience with a wonderful group of young people. As I prepared for my talk I got a new perspective on a familiar Scripture story. You can read the entire passage (The Sheep And The Goats), […]
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This article originally appeared on July 15, 2010. I needed to re-visit and apply the contents to this intense bike ride. Do you have a purpose? A sense of purpose is absolutely essential to any great endeavor. People will stretch the limits of endurance and sacrifice for a purpose in which they believe. I’d like to look […]
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What (or who) keeps you accountable? People keep asking me why I’m doing this ride. I’m finding that my internal answer is evolving as the journey begins. It’s true that this project fulfills a personal dream, that we’re having a lot of fun, that it’s a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. I’m grateful for all that, but the […]
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Don’t you? Have you ever thought you’d like to do something really big, make a truly significant impact on some important problem? And if you’re like me, you look at issues like war and poverty and human trafficking and see overwhelming numbers. And you’re only one person with limited resources, so you give up. What […]
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Welcome to the middle of the week. Wednesday’s normally a day off here, but today I’m recommending a quick side trip over to Rich’s Ride. If you haven’t seen it yet, you’ll get a brief video tour of the new bike that’s going to take me on my big adventure. While you’re there, consider subscribing […]
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Today I’m asking a question over at Rich’s Ride: Who’s Gonna Ride Along? Perhaps you’d like to pop over there and check it out. BTW–what do you think of our new logo? Halfway point of the week–how’s the new chapter of your life story going? I hope you’re writing something remarkable.
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