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What motivates you? Is it a dream or goal you are seeking after? Maybe it is your family? Is the the approval of others? Or maybe if you are honest it’s just this selfish need inside of you that just wants to be noticed. Whatever your reasons may be, we seldom accomplish anything without some […]

Although I much prefer mountain biking over road cycling, I like to mix things up a bit and hit the road from time to time. For me this means taking my road bike, specifically designed and set up for road conditions. I always believe in using the right tool for the job in question and

Silence. There is nothing more avoided, underappreciated, or ignored. Well, maybe a few other things but, silence is definitely on the short list. There are very few places in our world where you can retreat to in order to enjoy the serenity of silence. We live our lives with so much background  noise that we rarely

When The Joy Fades… Holding On To Joy We all face times in our lives when joy is hard to grasp. Sometimes its directly related to the circumstances we find ourselves in. Tough times in life are sure to test how strongly we hold on to our joy. We can still hold on in tough

Goal vs Journey Sometimes I get an idea stuck in my mind. When that happens this goal or objective becomes my main focus. I believe that we should have goals in life. There should always be something driving us forward. What happens though, is we try to be the ones driving towards the goal instead

Every Season Has A Purpose Fall is my favorite season. No other season compares to the beauty that fall displays. The other seasons have their advantages. The snow of winter always reminds me of God’s ability to make even the ugliest parts of us look beautiful. Spring brings fresh, bright colors that always inspire me

Creativity Its innate to who we are. Some are more talented in one area or another but we all have a certain level of creativity within us. It’s truly inspiring to watch or listen to someone who is a master in their particular field. Whether its a photographer capturing the beauty of a sunrise, or a guitarist

Exercise And Me Of all the ways I’ve tried to exercise, mountain biking is for me, without a doubt, the most enjoyable. I’ve been to the gym (well, a couple times for sure), tried home routines, enjoyed some martial arts (that’s right, I’m lethal… kinda), and even tried running (more like a fast jog, if

The Birth of a Nation We’ve seen isolation fail. Annihilation, the flood, didn’t fix the sin problem either. Mankind tenaciously held on to their problems then just as strongly as we do now. So here we come back again years later and we witness the birth of God’s chosen people. The nation of Israel, birthed through the

From The Start So God started from the beginning with the cross in mind. It wasn’t a backup plan, it wasn’t a fail-safe. This was the best plan to save humankind. It was our stubborn state of being that caused God to lovingly show us that no other way would suffice, all others fail. So