Freezing again

Well it's another cold, cold, brutally cold, cold day in Minneapolis yet AGAIN! But it wasn't so bad 2nd time around. The winchill was -33 this morning, and I still road to work into the wind. It was also -33 last night, and I still road to pipeband rehearsal last night. All I've gotta say is,
this is why I'm hot.
So winter is all right, given that I dress up like a bike ninja to avenge old man winter. Somedays it's just so cold, that its hot. I'm really looking forward to this weekend though, everyone else will be celebrating the culmination of consumerism and professional sports with stupor bowl, while on Saturday I'll be celbrating the culmination of winter and bike culture with the stupor bowl. Bikes, parties, racing, what better way to drive the winter blues away. On top of that, it will be a balmy +20 on Saturday.

I'm really enjoying the city life, and the things I get to experience every day. I wake up every morning and look accross the street to the Somali Mall. I ride to work every day on the Greenway. I hear the different languages spoken around my neighborhood, see people of all sorts of races and backgrounds, and I go to bed each night knowing that I am doing what God has planned for me at this moment in life.

I think the toughest thing that I've been coming to learn is how to be a profit. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only radical person in my house on a lot of issues. My voice when I talk about the oppressed, the environment, the church, etc. is not often heard. But learning to walk humbly with people in my community, and live as an example instead of as a hypocrite I guess is all I can do now. I heard a speaker at the LSM gathering awhile back, Daniel Belle. What he said was to try to give the world the finger... that points to Christ, so that everything you do may point to Christ.

So that's where I'm at now, trying to love everyone I come in contact with, and be patient and go a long with them on their journeys and show them that I'm pointing the finger to Christ in everything I do and say. I've got to stay reminded of that every day, and it's a tough thing to do, but it's the way I gotta live. For me that means riding my bike, doing justice and talking to other's on behalf of the downtrodden and oppressed, and going a long on the journey with everyone else.