Welcoming the Essential this New Year

by | Jan 19, 2018 | Personal

Near the end of 2017, I enjoyed reading Greg McKeown’s book, Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less. The concept of saying “No” to trivial pursuits in order to embrace one’s calling resonated with me, particularly as a firstborn whose...

Quest for a Cure

by | Mar 28, 2017 | Cycling, Personal

As of early February, after successfully completing the Tour of Sufferlandria, 2017, I felt compelled to train and ride a Sufferlandrian Knighthood DO (not an attempt). This involves riding 10 back-to-back video workouts (with no more than 10 minutes break in between...

Psalm of Psalms

by | Mar 15, 2017 | Church, Personal, Psalms, Uncategorized, Worship

One of a series chronicling a Psalm Pilgrimage. Went to bed Monday evening as a winter storm brewed up the east coast – while another storm brewed in my spirit. I had been looking at word clouds on Pinterest – particularly ones from books of the Bible,...

Abundant Life Two-Step

by | Jan 7, 2017 | Church, Personal, Psalms, Worship

I’m reading Brian McLaren’s new book, “The Great Spiritual Migration: How the World’s Largest Religion is Seeking a Better Way to Be Christian.” (I like to think we’re on a pilgrimage, rather than a migration, but that may be...

2015 By the Numbers

by | Jan 1, 2016 | Cycling, Personal

This year I was able to ride a personal best 4271 miles, including 1032 miles on the trainer and 565 commuter miles. That brings the total for my Altamira 2.7 (Phoenix) to 3854 miles (since August 30, 2014) and 1583 trainer miles (of 3245 miles total) on the Altamira...

Lame KICKR

by | Mar 5, 2015 | Cycling, Personal

The KICKR locked up on Monday, Feb. 16, after seven workouts (approximately five hours) from the time I purchased it on Feb. 3. Tech support at Wahoo told me the next morning (Tuesday) that it was a faulty speed sensor in the Top Cap, and that they would ship me a...