Back to cycling… maybe

6/16/2025 The last time I was in any kind of good shape from a fitness point of view was when I was a road bike rider. I only rode enough to call myself a rider for about 4 years. Oh, there was the time in 2019 - 20 when we were in Fort Collins for the summer for wrapping up IBS (Cru's Institute of Biblical Studies) and then when the pandemic hit that I rode…
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Lamb Wisdom

6/14/2024 I was out chatting with Junior the other day. He had just gotten help getting unstuck from the fence. Somehow he had managed to get his head completely through a gap down low just off the ground but couldn't get it back out. Though I had been the one to help him and really needed no explanation, he wanted to talk about it. I think he might have been a little embarrassed. Our talk…
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Empathy

6/13/2025 Seems to me that division is the going norm. Is it worse than ever? Is it passed the point of no return? Is it bad? Plenty of people have weighed in on those questions. Note: Though I have been thinking about this a good bit, I have borrowed ideas and words from a Think Biblically Podcast with Sean McDowell and Timothy Muehlhoff. In light of division, I'm thinking about empathy. And sympathy. And compassion.…
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