Living the Dream

Day’s Verse:
Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men stumble and fall;
but those who hope in the LORD
will renew their strength.
They will soar on wings like eagles;
they [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has gone, the new has come!
2 Cor. 5:17
Three days of posting daily, that is. Yesterday I completely forgot: I spent the workday buried in old — circa 1995 — issues of the Bicycle Alliance’s newsletter. They have almost every [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Remember, our Message is not about ourselves; we’re proclaiming Jesus Christ, the Master. All we are is messengers, errand runners from Jesus for you. It started when God said, “Light up the darkness!” and our lives filled up with light as we saw and understood God in the face of Christ, all bright and [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Cheerfully pleasing God is the main thing, and that’s what we aim to do, regardless of our conditions.
2 Cor. 5:9-ish (context)
Here’s part of a renewal notice email I received today — July 27, 2010 — from the League of American Bicyclists. I’d better get right on this renewal — I only have a [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. So we fix our eyes not on what is seen, but on what is unseen. [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love.
1 Cor. 16:13-14
I’ve had a blog post open and partly written for days. That’s why I haven’t updated my blog in such a long time — I’m halfway through a post and I keep trying [...]

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Day’s Verse:
Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.
1 Cor. 14:20
Have you noticed how closely physical and mental well-being are tied? In biking, they have a term called “bonking.” Contrary to your first thought, it actually refers to when your body runs [...]

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Day’s Verse:
But the needy will not always be forgotten,
nor the hope of the afflicted ever perish.
Psalm 9:18

I sketched this two-headed cat-vampire-cow during the AmeriCorps training. See the right side bar for other sketches.

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Day’s Verse:
[Love] Doesn’t fly off the handle,
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Doesn’t revel when others grovel,
Takes pleasure in the flowering of truth,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never [...]

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Day’s Verse:
And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
1 Corinthians 13:13
Part of Lithia Park in Ashland, Oregon.

First view of Crater Lake.

Obligatory picture of us, commemorating our trip.

Looking south (I think) across Crater Lake.

We hiked down the Cleetwood Trail to the lake level.

Ian even looked happy when [...]

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