Comments on: “A Journey Worth Taking”- a reverend’s sermon about my adventure http://www.bikingforobama.com/2009/01/28/a-journey-worth-taking-a-reverends-sermon-about-my-adventure/ Join the Movement! Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:05:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: BRAD & SMILEY http://www.bikingforobama.com/2009/01/28/a-journey-worth-taking-a-reverends-sermon-about-my-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-300 BRAD & SMILEY Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:06:52 +0000 http://www.bikingforobama.com/?p=568#comment-300 Perhaps this sermon was the message that you and your team needed to hear. And maybe my message will reach you too. There is but one chance to inspire this nation to action. After the window of opportunity created by the fabled "first 100 days," the attention span and will of our people shall wander back to the inevitable self-absorption that has created this mess. I beg of you, do not go to Europe, but travel this nation, on bike or by biodiesel bus. Speak of your experiences, sow hope and encouragement to city councils, elementary schools, community colleges, civic and veterans groups, and universities as well. Show your incredible photos and video. Tell your story. Reach out and touch the heart of a troubled nation waiting for reassurance from somebody without a political or professional identity...a real, red-blooded, caring American. There are no guarantees in life, but if you don't get selected for a PLUM appointment, you can still CREATE THE CHANGE WE NEED. I don't just believe it, I know it. And I'm pretty certain that if you take the time to talk amongst yourselves...YOU KNOW IT TOO!!! Perhaps this sermon was the message that you and your team needed to hear. And maybe my message will reach you too.

There is but one chance to inspire this nation to action. After the window of opportunity created by the fabled “first 100 days,” the attention span and will of our people shall wander back to the inevitable self-absorption that has created this mess.

I beg of you, do not go to Europe, but travel this nation, on bike or by biodiesel bus. Speak of your experiences, sow hope and encouragement to city councils, elementary schools, community colleges, civic and veterans groups, and universities as well. Show your incredible photos and video. Tell your story. Reach out and touch the heart of a troubled nation waiting for reassurance from somebody without a political or professional identity…a real, red-blooded, caring American.

There are no guarantees in life, but if you don’t get selected for a PLUM appointment, you can still CREATE THE CHANGE WE NEED.
I don’t just believe it, I know it. And I’m pretty certain that if you take the time to talk amongst yourselves…YOU KNOW IT TOO!!!

]]> By: Gladwyn http://www.bikingforobama.com/2009/01/28/a-journey-worth-taking-a-reverends-sermon-about-my-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Gladwyn Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:55:00 +0000 http://www.bikingforobama.com/?p=568#comment-296 I was struck by the words pluck calm and tenacity to describe Ryan's bike ride. They efficiently hide the violence in our traffic that bicyclists need to brave to be healthy. They try to take the fun out of bikes and make every day an adventure in staying alive as our fellow citizens try to turn us into road kill on their journey. Yup the journey does help us take risks. I was struck by the words pluck calm and tenacity to describe Ryan’s bike ride. They efficiently hide the violence in our traffic that bicyclists need to brave to be healthy. They try to take the fun out of bikes and make every day an adventure in staying alive as our fellow citizens try to turn us into road kill on their journey.

Yup the journey does help us take risks.

]]> By: Cullen Carter http://www.bikingforobama.com/2009/01/28/a-journey-worth-taking-a-reverends-sermon-about-my-adventure/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Cullen Carter Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:39:56 +0000 http://www.bikingforobama.com/?p=568#comment-295 You must feel honored by being compared to The Three Wisemen!? You must feel honored by being compared to The Three Wisemen!?

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