Our tour has no unsung heroes. We do have lots of folks working hard to move this team down the road. A few of them get to wear bike jerseys; many others do less visible but no less vital tasks. These folks from Brighton United Methodist Church opened their doors and hearts to make our […]
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Hope And Flat Tires
If yesterday’s ride had a signature sound, it would be pssst. That’s the air escaping from a punctured tube. Our team got a lot of practice changing tires on the road during our 68-mile Sunday ride from Fort Collins to Brighton. Not sure why. Sometimes that’s just the way it goes, but the delays couldn’t alter […]
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Each time a hit show begins, your see the credits and hear the theme music. Well, tonight we gather our team for the first official meeting of FRONT RANGE FREEDOM TOUR ’15. Months of planning, anticipation, and training have gone into this day. Many of you have been part of making it a reality, and […]
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Becky and I received a phone call yesterday from David Grant. David is the founder of Project Rescue and, to me, is a hero in the fight against human trafficking. He travels all over the world, raises millions of dollars, and does incredible work. Yet he took time to call and tell us he was […]
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Monte and I have our own pre-tour tradition. We’d like to invite you along a morning run and let you know what we’re thinking in the days before we hit the starting line. Can’t see the video? Click here. What can God do with some small event in your life? Please leave a comment here.
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Last night we described the HOME OF HOPE to a brand new audience. As I listened to their questions I realized I almost take this incredible place for granted. I think about it, write about it, and talk about it so frequently that it’s become like part of the family. I say HOME OF HOPE […]
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FRONT RANGE FREEDOM TOUR ’15 is underway. This year we tried something new, a one-day Community Prologue a week in advance of the actual tour. Riders chose between 30-mile and 58-mile routes. The weather was spectacular, and the day was a great success. The riders began in a big circle, symbolic of their participation in […]
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I love our FREEDOM TOUR traditions. In just a couple of years we’ve established a number of meaningful traditions. I’ve become sort of a fierce guardian, which is an odd position for one who’s normally a bit of an iconoclast. More curious, I’m often in the position of explaining to new folks why it’s a […]
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Mostly, you can’t. My first teaching evaluations were largely about classroom control. The theory, I suppose, went something like this: get the students under control, then you can teach them. So the questions weren’t about lesson plans, they were about How will you keep your classroom under control? No control, no teaching. Those evaluators would have been appalled by […]
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As a cyclist, I enjoy following le Tour de France each year. I don’t always understand all of the intricacies of strategy and tactics, but I appreciate the difficulty of riding more than one hundred miles per day for three weeks over some of the highest, steepest mountains in the world. (I borrowed these thoughts […]
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On a cycle trip, SAG stands for “Support And Gear.” I’ve learned, however, that “SAG team” might have other implications since our team is entirely post-40. So in the interest of personal safety, I’ve adopted the French term soigneurs for our support team. On a cycle racing team, soineurs are responsible for the day-to-day needs of the cyclists–food, clothing, […]
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In my school classes like art and music were called “specials.” I always thought that was odd since math was the most special class of all. When you start attaching labels, weird things happen. Last week I called myself The Special Needs Guy on our team. A few folks, notably my friend Kristen, called me out. […]
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