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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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Consequences

What’s “courage?” Bravery? Facing your fears? David standing up to Goliath? All good examples, but courage is really pretty simple. Courage means doing what’s right regardless of consequences. Simple, perhaps, but certainly not easy. I’ve had this conversation – with myself and others – and here’s what often happens. I might lose friends. Family members […]

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It’s Tricky

Planning FREEDOM TOUR 2020 was tricky. Our team absolutely believes we’re called to support the kids at the HOME OF HOPE. We take that seriously, and their needs didn’t disappear with a global pandemic. We also care deeply for the community that’s formed around riding bikes to support these special children. So we did our […]

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Forgetting What We Know

We forget. For eight years, whenever a group of Freedom Tour cyclists completes a difficult ride, everyone celebrates. Smiles, hugs, handshakes, silly pictures. Watermelon and chocolate milk and ice cream. It’s a universal experience of joy and achievement. You know what NEVER happens? We never divide into men and women, conservatives and liberals, Black and […]

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About Enough

I don’t usually think of myself as affluent. I’m learning, though, that wealth is a relative notion, and by rest-of-the-world standards I live in overwhelming abundance. A huge majority of the world’s population would consider it a wonderful upgrade to live in my garage. I don’t know exactly what to do with that knowledge. I’m […]

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