Category: Freedom Tour

God continues to expand the circle around the FREEDOM TOUR. When we started this crazy idea two summers ago we believed He would bring the right people into the circle. The process hasn’t always gone according to MY plan, but looking back it’s amazing to trace His faithfulness. He’s consistently brought people and partners who […]

What’s your Idea Worth Spreading? That’s the mantra of the TEDx Front Range Conference. Every talk should be distilled to a single idea worth spreading, and if the speaker’s effective the audience should be able to summarize the idea in a sentence or two. I’ve attended a couple of peer coaching sessions. It’s fascinating to see […]

Being part of the FREEDOM TOUR team is a blessing. Membership offers a variety of benefits, but there’s one thing I can’t be as part of this team. I can’t be a victim. I have this nasty tendency to feel sorry for myself. Given the choice, I lean toward blaming circumstances or other people when […]

I’m excited about my upcoming talk at TEDx Front Range. I’ll encourage the audience to follow big dreams. At one point I’ll show this picture and ask them to consider an important insight: When you help someone climb a hill, you end up at the top. I borrowed these thoughts from the archives to illustrate […]

The best thing about the FREEDOM TOUR is sharing it. In fact, that’s one of the main reasons for doing it. We want to create a community that empowers people to trust God, work together as servant leaders, and offer hope to others. So we look for ways to expand the circle. Several guys from Harvest Farm […]

Working tirelessly in one little corner of the world could be a bit frustrating. Becky and I, along with our friend Woody, spoke to a group yesterday about the FREEDOM TOUR. We spent a lot of time talking about the kids at the HOME OF HOPE. The folks in the audience asked a lot of […]

…don’t always have to mean dead. Becky and I don’t enforce deadlines very well. We seek excuses to make exceptions whenever possible. Occasionally we ask ourselves where we should draw the line. I suppose that’s one reason to have a clear vision statement: Create a community that empowers people to trust God, work together as servant leaders, […]

It was supposed to be a guy riding a bike. Dreams don’t work like that, not if you listen to them. A dream is a story waiting to be written, and a story worth sharing is about much more than one bike ride. Next Saturday the story takes us to Harvest Farm, where a group of […]

Sometimes I get it partly right. Friday during my ride I got caught cranking up a pretty steep hill. I’m much better than I used to be, but I’ll never be able to climb hills well due to some combination of a 35-lb bike and partially-functioning back/shoulder/arm muscles. I’m not alone–all but very elite handcyclists struggle with […]

Yesterday I wrote about my friend Josh. I asked us to walk in the other guy’s shoes, and you may wonder how that relates to a bike ride. After all, we’re rolling, not walking, and what does Josh’s story of addiction rehab have to do with human trafficking? Earlier this week I spoke with a guy […]

I wish I could make music. Specifically, I’ve always kind of wanted to be a drummer. There’s a place in my heart that feels a tiny bit unfulfilled because I never gave that notion a real shot. But that place is fairly small, and at this point it’s certainly not a dream worth following. Drumming is […]

Yesterday a few of us from the FREEDOM TOUR team were invited to share the story. In a Sunday school class the questions started easy, routes and where we sleep and how far we ride each day. As we settled in a bit, they wanted to know about our focus on human trafficking. So we […]