Archive for April, 2010
28 April 2010 | 10:20 AM
AmeriCorps Training…Again
Day’s Verse: “This is what the LORD says, he who made the earth, the LORD who formed it and established it—the LORD is his name: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’ “ Jeremiah 33:2-3 Today I’m heading off to even more AmeriCorps [...]
26 April 2010 | 09:24 AM
Teaching Urban Cycling Techniques: Day 2
Day’s Verse: But I have had God’s help to this very day, and so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. Acts 26:22 Done! I can now breathe a huge sigh of relief: After yesterday, I finished all my major weekend commitments. Maybe now I will have some time to: Sleep in. [...]
25 April 2010 | 07:50 AM
Teaching Urban Cycling Techniques: Day 1
Day’s Verse: I know that my Redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand upon the earth. Job 19:25 Yesterday I co-taught the first half of my first-ever Traffic Skills 101 class. Cascade Bicycle Club calls it Urban Cycling Techniques. To prepare, I diligently reviewed the materials I received during my instructor training [...]
23 April 2010 | 01:13 PM
Another Choice Bites the Dust
Day’s Verse: “So there is hope for your future,” declares the LORD. “Your children will return to their own land.” Jeremiah 31:17 After much agonizing, number-crunching, and wrestling with nearly impenetrable forms, Ian and I have chosen a mortgage. It felt at least as arduous as picking the home itself. We talked to four different [...]
21 April 2010 | 11:31 AM
Mariners Salute to Volunteers Game
Day’s Verse: Then maidens will dance and be glad, young men and old as well. I will turn their mourning into gladness; I will give them comfort and joy instead of sorrow. Jeremiah 31:13 I’ve been working on and off for the last month planning a volunteer recognition event: Taking the volunteers to the Mariners [...]
16 April 2010 | 03:00 PM
Interlude
Day’s Verse: I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Psalm 61:4 Once again, I get 15 seconds — if that — of fame, this time in the Bicycle Paper. I mentioned that the Bike Alliance won the Bicycle Paper Peoples’ Choice Award. Little did I [...]
15 April 2010 | 12:21 PM
Dreams and Realities
Day’s Verse: “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ” Acts 20:35 I keep dreaming about the house, mortgages, and other related topics. I wake up [...]
