“I Never Failed a Drug Test!”

October 26, 2012

What a mess; and what a spotlight into the human soul. I’m quite sure that I could trace my early entry into road cycling to the powerful story and compelling persona of Lance Armstrong.  His incredible cycling success was amplified by his recovery from cancer.  Both produced a platform for athletics and charity.  Lance Armstrong […]

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“Then our mouth was filled…”

October 19, 2012

Mary and I sat side by side on an airplane for the first time in three months.  Mary’s rehabilitation from a cycling accident on July 10 forced a reduced pace that subsided only slightly last week on a short journey to the west coast. Sitting side by side we talked and reflected and marveled and […]

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Right Next to the Gates

October 8, 2012

In the last two weeks our garage has become a storage facility for durable medical supplies.  Various items that had facilitated mobility, comfort, strength and safety are now expendable. Each of these supplies adequately served its purpose for the time and need required, but now, twelve weeks removed from the serious cycling accident that Mary […]

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September 21, 2012

The “At Sign”. Shift 2. This symbol was added to most keyboards in the early 1900s and was primarily focused on financial applications. 7 widgets @ $2 produces a total sale of $14. For decades the At Sign languished in near oblivion. Most often a “fat-finger” mistake for an exclamation point. The neighborhood was full […]

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“My Peace”

September 14, 2012

We’ve had the incredible privilege to host lots of visitors over the past several weeks as we engage with friends and family who want to encourage, pray with and serve Mary and me during this time of recovery from Mary’s cycling accident. I had no idea nine weeks ago what the network of hope as […]

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When The Smoke Cleared

September 7, 2012

It’s been several weeks that the view of the mountains has been obscured. In fact, we had family come to town to help us as Mary continues to recover from her accident, and the best we could offer in the way of views, were a few masked silhouettes. The cause was a curtain of haze […]

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Baby Girl

August 31, 2012

“Whoever receives one such child in my name receives me,” ~ Matthew 18:5 (ESV) Baby Girl was her name in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The nursing care was wonderful and competent. A blend of professionalism and warmth. I witnessed it firsthand. Baby Girl had been in the womb of expectation for Andrew and […]

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Knitting me together

August 17, 2012

“For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb.  I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well.” (Psalm 139:13-14 ESV) Early this week Mary’s sister, Liz, and her Mom came to visit and to assist. They are both capable of […]

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Redefining Time

August 10, 2012

I dug in the drawer beside my sink exploring with my fingers what my eyes couldn’t observe. Over four weeks ago I had dropped my watch in this draw – believing it would be there for a few days while Mary and I refreshed ourselves with four days in Washington. It had remained untouched and […]

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A Low Whisper

August 3, 2012

And he said, “Go out and stand on the mount before the LORD.” And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind tore the mountains and broke in pieces the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. And after the wind an earthquake, but the LORD was […]

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