Freedom Tour – Page 19

Decisions

As the new year begins, we’re making decisions about summer bike rides. 2022 marks our 10th FREEDOM TOUR. Ten years of friends and community. Ten years of supporting the kids at the Home of Hope. As our team makes choices with ten years of background, I notice how easy it is for me to fall […]

Cookies!

Confession – I find humor in odd places. As we end a tough year, I’ll share a silly memory, a laugh with absolutely no lesson attached. + + + As part of the support team, our friend Claire worked overtime to feed the COLORADO MOUNTAIN TOUR team. We ate like royalty each night. She also […]

Inspiration

Every project starts somewhere. For the FREEDOM TOUR, it was a sign at our church. Becky and I invited people on a 500-mile bike ride across Colorado. Woody was the first guy who signed up. It was a perfect fit. He grew up in the country where our Home of Hope is located. His heart […]

“Holiday”

It’s not really an anniversary or a holiday, but December 5 is always sort of circled on my calendar. I call it Falling Day because on December 5, 1987, I fell 9 feet and my life changed. Falling Day used to be an occasion for sadness and regret. I’d kind of try to ignore it, […]

An Odd Waiting

Back from the road trip, and now it’s Advent. A season of waiting for Jesus – when He’s already here. It’s an odd sort of waiting. I’m working through Giving A Year Meaning by my friend Jon Swanson. He reminds us that Advent is more about preparing, slowing, remembering. For some, especially this year, it […]

Pop The Clutch

My high school friends and I often had cars that weren’t 100% reliable. We knew how to gather 2-3 guys, push a car, and “pop the clutch” to get it started. In a pinch you could even do it alone – push the car to get it rolling, jump in, pop the clutch, and with […]

An Amazing Team

The FREEDOM TOUR is surrounded by an amazing team – a beautiful collection of individuals from diverse backgrounds with widely different ability levels. As we wrap last year and prepare for 2022, I’m reviewing stuff. I noticed a couple of traits shared by this remarkable circle of volunteers and cyclists. They’re Committed Our team shows […]

How To Follow A Dream (4)

No matter what dream we’re following, there’s one absolutely essential ingredient. It’s good to follow with Grace and Faith and Humility. They’ll help us be calmer, have better connections, stay on track. But one ingredient makes the difference between success and failure. Hope Viktor Frankel was an Austrian psychiatrist who survived the horrors of Auschwitz […]

How To Follow A Dream (3)

Following the dream doesn’t happen by accident. We’ve already talked about Grace and Faith. Humility In a culture of selfies and Tik Tok and “Look at me!” – following the dream works better with, “there you are.” Please don’t turn this into some sort of legalistic “Never talk about yourself or your accomplishments” or “Never […]

How To Follow A Dream (2)

Let’s continue our conversation. Part 1 (Faith) here. Grace We’re gonna mess up, make mistakes. Others we meet along the journey will mess up as well. Decide in advance to default toward grace. Decide we’ll give others, and ourselves, the benefit of the doubt. Take the energy we invest in judgment and snarkiness – invest […]

How To Follow A Dream

Last time I talked about selfies. It’s not about pictures, of course. I love seeing and showing you what my friends are up to. It’s really about attention-seeking in a culture in which people become famous (and wealthy) simply for being famous. Jesus said we should let our light shine before others. As we follow […]

Selfie Counterculture

I don’t like posting pictures of myself. It’s intentional. In a selfie culture, maybe it’s bad marketing, but I’m not seeking followers. This isn’t some false humility. It’s a sincere belief that following this dream is not about me. In the beginning, when we called our journey RICH’S RIDE, I coined an unofficial tagline: It’s […]

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