A Glimpse

July 10, 2009

It was mid-afternoon on Monday when I rambled into Floyd’s 99 Barbershop at the corner of Arapahoe and Parker Road. This Denver franchise is quite a place, and locations are springing up all over the city. There was no line, so I took the first available barber, an Asian woman. I gave her a few […]

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Tell Him

June 26, 2009

Even Elijah… The courageous servant of God. The man that God fed with the ravens. The man that God used to raise the son of a widow from the dead. The prophet that went toe to toe with 450 prophets of Baal and 400 prophets of Asherah. The man that called down the consuming power […]

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Odometers and Jackrabbits

June 19, 2009

It’s a matter of odometers and jack rabbits. I’m afraid that the statement above in many ways characterizes the core difference between my wife and me. Within two miles of our house is the Aurora Reservoir. It provides a perfect eight mile paved loop on which we have ridden our bikes many miles. The nicely […]

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My First BBFD

June 12, 2009

Yes. Yes. I feel compelled to start my Friday Fragments this week with answers to the two outstanding questions that got raised in my previous two Friday reflections… so, yes, Mary and I were able to complete the Elephant Rock Bike Ride (and I was courageous enough to go slow when I needed to), and […]

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The Discipline of Slow | Unintentionally Revisited

June 5, 2009

I was late for my flight, and worried that I might have to sort through plan B for making it from Portland to Detroit.  Complicating matters was the fact that I had a rental car to return. As I approached the unfamiliar airport I quickly scanned for signs that would point me toward the return […]

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The Discipline of Slow

May 29, 2009

In just over a week, Mary and I will be riding in our second Elephant Rock Bike ride. We’ll be looking to cover 100 kilometers in the process. The course is rolling, and at points, challenging as we climb up and around the foothills of Colorado. Because of some of the early and very steep […]

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More than a Fresh Coat of Paint

May 22, 2009

Do you buy used stuff?  Websites like craigslist.com and many others have galvanized the used marketplace in a way that classified ads never could. I’m looking for a used lawn mower.  While I’d like to spring for a shiny new model from Home Depot, the size of my yard hardly justifies the expense… and so […]

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Burdens Distributed

May 15, 2009

After helping our son, Erik, and his wife, Kendal, move into their home last week, I am convinced that armoire is a French word meaning: piece of furniture so large that no single human being could ever move it. Attractive, functional, but huge. Erik and Kendal had found this used piece of furniture through CraigsList, […]

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Treasure and Ponder

May 8, 2009

But Mary treasured up all of these things and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen. ~ Luke 2:19 Mary, a mother, the physical intersection of God and mankind, had just journeyed through the passageway of labor and delivery. She was surrounded […]

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You Are Not a Power Ranger!

May 1, 2009

“Tyler, you are not a Power Ranger!” As I stood in line to board my next flight, I watched as an exasperated mother exited her flight, stroller in front of her, and two young sons behind her. She could control the direction and behavior of the stroller… but the boys were another story. In particular, […]

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