David Miller’s Bike Disposal

David Miller was about to win a stage when his bike chain snapped. Here is a video of his reaction.  I wonder if it is like baseball and you get to keep it once it goes over the fence?  Wouldn’t that be sweet!!!!

Prince Caspian, the movie and the book

Monica and I went to see “Prince Caspian” on opening night….

Are You an Expert Cyclist?

What qualifies one as an “expert” cyclist?

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Is Claremore Becoming a Bike Friendly Town?

(More Pictures later in post)

I live in Claremore. I ride my bike around this area quite a bit.

It’s Still the Proleptic Life

Just in case you thought you came to the wrong place – this is still the blog of Proleptic Life – I just wanted to change the look up.

Repentance and the Prodigal Son

I’ve been reading German theologian Helmut Thielicke. Writing on the story of the Prodigal Son, Thielicke has a fine insight into the nature of godly repentance.

The repentance of the lost son is therefore not something merely negative. In the last analysis it is not merely disgust; it is above all homesickness; not just turning away from something, but turning back home. Whenever the New Testament speaks of repentance, alsays the great joy is in the background. It does not say, “Repent of hell will swallow you up,” but, “Repent, the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” When the son thinks he has come to the end of his road, then God really begins with his way. The end, from man’s point of view, and this beginning, from God’s point of view – - this is repentance. Disgust with himself could never help him. It might perhaps have made a nihilist of him, but in no case would it have shown him the way back home. No, it’s the other way round; it was because the father and the father’s house loomed up before his soul that he became disgusted with himself, and there fore it became a salutary disgust, a disgust that brought him home. It was the father’s influence from afar, a byproduct of sudden realization of where he really belonged. So it was not because the far country made him sick that he turned back home. It was rather that the consciousness of home disgusted him with the far country, actually made him realize what estrangement and lostness is. So it was a godly grief that came over him and not that worldly grief which produces death (II Cor. 7:10).
-The Waiting Father, by Helmut Thielicke, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1959, pp.26-27

That is one of the finest explanations of repentance I have read. It deserves to be read repeatedly so as to be truly understood.

Bike to Work Week

May is “Bike Month” and May 12 – 16 is “Bike to Work Week.” I may give it a shot this year. It is difficult for me to do it every day since I often end up needing to go to the city for meetings. The League of American Bicyclists has info about this special month and week. Check it out at their web site. It is a great idea to bike to work if you can. The high cost of gas is one reason. The benefits to your health is another.

Do You Have Property Waiting to be Claimed?

The NAUPA web site provides a way you can find your state’s system for finding unclaimed property. Millions of dollars sits waiting to be claimed. One woman in Oklahoma just found out she was a millionaire. She had inherited a lot of stock and didn’t realize it where it was. The Oklahoma State Treasurers Office tracked her down and she is thrilled. You can read her story here.

Just out of curiosity I did a search using my last name. I didn’t have any unclaimed property but one of my sons has a $45.00 tax rebate coming to him and my older brother has $100.00 on hold. Good for them.

Do a search on NAUPA and let me know if you hit the jackpot.

If you are in Oklahoma you can use the State Treasurer’s search engine.