Archive for the ‘Bicycling’ Category

 

30 January 2012 | 07:22 AM

Grid Legs

Day’s Verse: How blessed is God! And what a blessing he is! He’s the Father of our Master, Jesus Christ, and takes us to the high places of blessing in him. Ephesians 1:3 This is what you get when you wear lightweight long pants on an extremely rainy team ride. The pants have an almost [...]



21 January 2012 | 10:12 AM

My Week in Pictures

Day’s Verse: There’s an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth: A right time for birth and another for death… Ecclesiastes 3:1-2 Saturday and Sunday, January 14 – 15 (Photos courtesy of a teammate) A small part of Team Group Health on Orcas Island before setting out on our [...]



30 December 2011 | 08:42 AM

On Mercer Island, Bike Crashes are Ticketable Offenses, Apparently

Day’s Verse: Love never gives up. Love cares more for others than for self. 1 Cor 13:4-ish It was bound to happen sometime: On a group ride yesterday, there was a crash. Three riders went down, but fortunately I was not among them. I just started to write a detailed description of what happened, but [...]



20 December 2011 | 11:31 AM

Living In My House

Day’s Verse: Everyone had to travel to his own ancestral hometown to be accounted for. So Joseph went from the Galilean town of Nazareth up to Bethlehem in Judah, David’s town, for the census. As a descendant of David, he had to go there. He went with Mary, his fiancée, who was pregnant… Luke 2:2-5 [...]



20 November 2011 | 09:13 PM

Life After NaNoWriMo

Day’s Verse: Even when the way goes through Death Valley, I’m not afraid when you walk at my side. Psalm 23:4 I haven’t said a peep about life all month, thanks to NaNoWriMo. Let’s stick with NaNo for a moment: On November 18, I hit my 50,000 word goal and, incidentally, wrapped the story up. [...]



18 October 2011 | 09:46 AM

Taking the Bike Racing Plunge

Day’s Verse: Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech. In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. Proverbs 1:20-ish One of the things about being an adult is that you listen to advice from people you respect, but you don’t always have to [...]



11 October 2011 | 04:35 PM

Welcome, Garmin Edge 800

Day’s Verse: Consider it a sheer gift, friends, when tests and challenges come at you from all sides. You know that under pressure, your faith-life is forced into the open and shows its true colors. So don’t try to get out of anything prematurely. Let it do its work so you become mature and well-developed, [...]