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IndyBikehiker: Activism and Grace
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Bicycle riding. Indianapolis loving. Community encouraging. Grace exploring. Tuesday, June 2, 2015. Excerpts from Thomas Merton’s letter to peace activist Jim Forest. Thomas Merton at the Gethsemane. Trappist monastery in Kentucky. That strike me as particularly poignant and worthy of contemplation. Jim Forest today. His work as an advocate for international. Peace has continued throughout his life. 8220; Do not depend on the hope of results. When you are doing the sort of work you have taken on, essenti...
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IndyBikehiker: At Peace with Death, Making Peace with Life
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Bicycle riding. Indianapolis loving. Community encouraging. Grace exploring. Saturday, July 25, 2015. At Peace with Death, Making Peace with Life. Asked to share the graveside commital for my 86-year old Aunt Jean Hyden Sheffield today, I found and read to family and friends gathered at South Mound Cemetery in New Castle, Indiana, the following snippet from 'Tuesdays With Morrie' by Mitch Albom:. Emery Sheffield is my mother's brother. He, 89, and Jean, 86, have lived in. That's what we are all looking f...
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IndyBikehiker: Reclaim Memorial Day from Militarism
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Bicycle riding. Indianapolis loving. Community encouraging. Grace exploring. Monday, May 23, 2016. Reclaim Memorial Day from Militarism. The shift from honoring our war dead to ogling death machinery and lusting after militarism is subtle but powerful. My post has been published as a "Letter to the Editor" in the Indianapolis Star. Around Memorial Day in 2005, 2008, and 2012]. The National Medal of Honor Memorial in Indianapolis. Of all places, the praise of militarism is included and embedded in officia...
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IndyBikehiker: Pentecost
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Bicycle riding. Indianapolis loving. Community encouraging. Grace exploring. Saturday, May 23, 2015. My poem for the celebration of Christian Pentecost. Ow shall we celebrate. This occasion called Pentecost,. When the Holy Spirit poured out. Shall we decorate it. With props and pageants. And trinkets and trivia? Shall we pine for the past,. Longing to have experienced. Shall we yearn for tomorrow,. Shall we sing ourselves into. A frenzy and call our delirium. Shall we preach Holy Spirit. With open hearts,.
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us: LOVE THIS PHOTO
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us. A blog for those of us who stand on the outside of the Tour de France looking in. I get past techno-babble and open up the heart of this great cycling event to the rest of us. Enjoy the ride! John Hay, Jr. Wednesday, July 21, 2010. Lance Armstrong holds a frowning Max, his youngest child, on a rest day break. Is this the look Armstrong gave Jan Ullrich back in the day? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Get my posts via e-mail. Recent (and ancient) posts. STAGE 4: ...
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us: REST DAY 2: LULL BEFORE THE STORM
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us. A blog for those of us who stand on the outside of the Tour de France looking in. I get past techno-babble and open up the heart of this great cycling event to the rest of us. Enjoy the ride! John Hay, Jr. Wednesday, July 21, 2010. REST DAY 2: LULL BEFORE THE STORM. It was a quiet day in the resort town of Pau. Well, sort of. No, the Tour de France didn't roll, but was that thunder we heard approaching from the distance of tomorrow? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us: 7 HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS TOUR DE FRANCE
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us. A blog for those of us who stand on the outside of the Tour de France looking in. I get past techno-babble and open up the heart of this great cycling event to the rest of us. Enjoy the ride! John Hay, Jr. Friday, July 23, 2010. 7 HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS TOUR DE FRANCE. 1 Anticipation that 7-time consecutive winner, last year’s 3. A good question for Tour organizers as they plan next year’s course. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Yeah, the Tour de France and professi...
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us: STAGE 14: FRENCHMAN WINS FIRST STAGE IN THE PYRENEES
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us. A blog for those of us who stand on the outside of the Tour de France looking in. I get past techno-babble and open up the heart of this great cycling event to the rest of us. Enjoy the ride! John Hay, Jr. Sunday, July 18, 2010. STAGE 14: FRENCHMAN WINS FIRST STAGE IN THE PYRENEES. There were plenty of fireworks on the first two major climbs in the Pyrenees mountains. But no shake-up of the Tour de France leaders, as many had expected. Yeah, the Tour de France and p...
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us: FOUR TO WATCH
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The Tour de France for the Rest of Us. A blog for those of us who stand on the outside of the Tour de France looking in. I get past techno-babble and open up the heart of this great cycling event to the rest of us. Enjoy the ride! John Hay, Jr. Saturday, July 10, 2010. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Yeah, the Tour de France and professional road cycling has taken serious blows over the past few years, but who can repress a hope that this year's Tour might be a turn in its renewal? STAGE 2: YELLOW FO...