Category: Word of the Week

Happy Monday! I’m thinking we focus too much on today’s word-of-the-week… DIFFERENCES Do you notice how invested our culture is in highlighting our differences? Of course it’s election season, so we’re buried in ads promoting difference. But I think the election rhetoric only ramps up what’s become our “normal” environment. We’re literally inundated with messages […]

Happy Monday! I’m a little fired up about today’s word-of-the-week… ENABLED This is Oz Sanchez. He’s a former Reconnaissance Marine who served multiple deployments. He volunteered to become a Navy SEAL before a hit-and-run driver ended his military career. Oz is a multiple world champion and multiple Paralympic gold medalist. He set the course record […]

Happy Monday! Since today’s Labor Day in the US, I’ll make the obvious choice for word-of-the-week… WORK I learn a lot from my dog. While we cranked along the Mississippi River last year he wrote a blog post called Play Or Work. He made the important point that it’s okay to be tired if you’re […]

Happy Monday! Over the weekend I was reminded of the true meaning of today’s word-of-the-week… CHURCH Saturday evening Becky came home happy and exhausted. She spent the day at Sharing Hope, a community outreach partnership between local churches and Convoy of Hope. In a big vacant lot in north Fort Collins, 1300 volunteers from three […]

Happy Monday! My post from Saturday (An Old Cross) thinking about today’s word-of-the-week… STEP I know, “step” is an odd focus for a guy in a wheelchair, but that’s not the kind of step I mean. I’ve always been a highs-and-lows guy. As far back as I can remember life’s seemed like a series of […]

Happy Monday! In church yesterday I thought about today’s word-of-the-week… PRAISE I don’t seem to do “praise” like a lot of other folks. I don’t feel the urge to raise my hands or dance—well, there’s the wheelchair thing, but I don’t think it would change much. I don’t often feel like shouting God’s name in […]

Happy Monday! The Olympics provides today’s word-of-the-week… SHARED Like many folks, I’m watching Olympic sporting events I normally wouldn’t pay much attention to. It’s less about the sports and more about the athletes and their stories. On Saturday I watched the men’s 10,000 meter run. I’d never heard of gold medalist Mo Farah from Great […]

Happy Monday! It’s great to be back after a week of R&R, and as our return home is an occasion for today’s word-of-the-week… REVIEW Have you ever felt like you missed important lessons? After a significant experience like the IJM Freedom Tour, it’s important to review, look back, and see what you learned. That’s what […]

Happy Monday! It’s been an incredibly intense week, prompting today’s word-of-the-week… R & R Okay, “R & R” isn’t technically a word. Last week’s bike tour has my brain scrambled. But now that we’re in DC, I’m taking a few days to catch my breath and see the sights. And I’m taking a break from […]

Happy Monday! Only one choice for today’s word-of-the-week… FREE On Saturday our IJM Freedom Tour team toured the National Underground Railway Freedom Center. Frankly, it’s a difficult experience to describe. Exhibits trace the history of slavery and link to the modern-day issues we’re riding to end. We learned a lot we didn’t know about America’s slavery […]

Happy Monday! A week ago I was surrounded by today’s word-of-the-week… DO Our small group showed up for our weekly Bible study. “Hey, you finally got the new trailer. What’s all the wood for?” “We have to get some shelves and other storage built.” “Who’s going to do that?” “Some guys at church are trying […]