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The Man on the Bicycle

A broken-down SUV in a rough neighborhood. A stranger on a bicycle. A pocketknife, a scrap of foam, and a repair I never forgot. More than 25 years later, I still wonder whether that moment was ordinary kindness—or something more. Continue reading

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Sixty Miles in Orange and Blue Shoes

In 2006, as my mother battled breast cancer, I laced up a pair of orange and blue Mizunos and walked sixty miles over three days. They didn’t cure anything, but they carried me through one of the hardest seasons of my life — step by step, mile by mile. Continue reading

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Quick Thought – Tuesday, August 19, 2025: Subjective Truth

Read John 14:1-11 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 Reflect One year when I lived in Atlanta I volunteered to help the political campaign of … Continue reading

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Quick Thought – Thursday, August 7, 2025: Gospel According to John

Read Philippians 4:4-13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 Reflect I’ve always been a very big baseball fan. We lived near Philadelphia when I was kid and I latched on to the Phillies easily. The … Continue reading

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Quick Thought – Tuesday, July 29, 2025: Cheering from the Stands

Read Hebrews 12:1-19 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…Hebrews 12:1 Reflect Every … Continue reading

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Quick Thought – Saturday, July 26, 2025: Your Good Name

Read Isaiah 30:18-26 Therefore the Lord waits to be gracious to you,     and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the Lord is a God of justice;     blessed are all those who wait for him. Isaiah 30:18 Reflect Atlanta was in a … Continue reading

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Quick Thought – Thursday, May 15, 2025: Count It All Joy

Read Psalm 121 The Lord will keep you from all evil;    he will keep your life.The Lord will keep    your going out and your coming in    from this time forth and forevermore.Psalm 121:7-8 Reflect It was a dark and stormy night. No, really. The evening of March 14, 2008, in … Continue reading

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Quick Thought – Monday, August 19, 2024: Subjective Truth

Read John 14:1-11 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. John 14:6 Reflect One year when I lived in Atlanta I volunteered to help the political campaign of … Continue reading

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Quick Thought – Wednesday, August 7, 2024: Gospel According to John

Read Philippians 4:4-13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13 Reflect I’ve always been a very big baseball fan. We lived near Philadelphia when I was kid and I latched on to the Phillies easily. The … Continue reading

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Quick Thought – Monday, July 29, 2024: Cheering from the Stands

Read Hebrews 12:1-19 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us…Hebrews 12:1 Reflect The … Continue reading

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