Category: Word of the Week

Happy Monday! A common thought brings us today’s word-of-the-week… CHURCH Recently someone commented, “Church causes more problems than it solves.” It’s not a new notion. Churches have had issues since they were established more than two thousand years ago. Many of Paul’s letters specifically address some dysfunctional church activity. The basic problem with church is […]

Happy Monday! Becky’s wisdom inspires today’s word-of-the-week… DOOR Suppose someone knocks on your front door. You go to the door and try to PUSH it open. You sweat and strain and shove with all your might. You really want to open that door, but despite your best effort you’re unable to force it open. Your […]

Happy Monday! An impromptu road trip prompts today’s word-of-the-week… SHARE Becky and I made a spur of the moment trip to Iowa last week. Twenty-two hours staring through the windshield at I-80 provided a lot of time to think. I found myself observing how I treat other drivers. I don’t always slow a bit to […]

Happy Monday! Occasionally I’m inspired by my own words, which prompt today’s word-of-the-week… TEST We count stuff. We count money, blood pressure, and the number of trips we’ve made around the sun. Some folks count pounds lost, hours wasted, books read, or golf balls lost. Others count miles cranked on a bike or progress toward […]

Happy Monday! A blog comment prompts today’s word-of-the-week… BIG How big is God? Whatever your answer…He’s bigger than that. A lot bigger. Human minds don’t deal well with infinity. As a math teacher, I talked to calculus students about infinite processes, and mostly they thought of “infinite” as “really, really big.” Honestly, I’m not sure […]

Happy Monday! From yesterday’s sermon comes today’s word-of-the-week… PLANS Our pastor asked a great question yesterday. “Are we asking God to bless our plans, or are we seeking God’s plans and asking if we can play?” Today over at RICH’S RIDE we unveiled our next project, TAOS TO TUCSON 2013. As I think about cranking […]

Happy Monday! It keeps popping up, so it’s today’s word-of-the-week… I AM Worship songs, books, articles, blogs—seems like everywhere I turn in the past couple of weeks I’ve encountered this “word.” Okay, technically it’s two words, but separately they mean something very different. At the burning bush, Moses asked God for His name. He might […]

Happy Monday! I’m not sure why, but I’m thinking a lot about today’s word-of-the-week… BLESSED Like a lot of new developments, our neighborhood has a set of covenants. We all benefit (in theory) because everyone agrees to abide by a set of rules. A very long time ago, God entered into a covenant relationship with […]

Happy Monday! Including others in the latest tour prompts today’s word-of-the-week… OPEN I know I diminish my relationships when I cling to material possessions. It’s all a gift from God to be held with open hands. Doesn’t mean I always live out that principle, but it’s clearly my goal. But what about less tangible items […]

Happy Monday! We’re back after a couple of weeks’ R&R and thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… FREEDOM I’ve never experienced life without freedom. Last week we celebrated Independence Day in the US. Two weeks ago our team rode more than 400 miles as part of Front Range FREEDOM Tour to raise funds and awareness to fight […]

Happy Monday! An empty gas tank gives us today’s word-of-the-week… FUEL Last week I started out on a great bike ride with a plan. Miles disappeared behind me as I cranked along, lost in the beauty of a Colorado summer morning. Exuberance got the better of me, and I decided to extend my ride. Everything […]

Happy Monday! The American Dream inspires today’s word-of-the-week… BOOTSTRAPS We’re supposed to pull ourselves up by them, right? Work hard, be persistent, do whatever it takes, but the message is clear—your success is yours, and yours alone. I remember wondering as a kid, in that stage where you take such things literally, how you were […]