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Blacksburg Presbyterian Church03/26/23 BPC Worship ServiceGod of boundless compassion,
we stand in awe of the breadth and depth of your love.
Draw us near to you in this hour,
that we might absorb a portion of your compassion.
Amen.
2023-03-2814 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church03/19/23 BPC Worship ServiceCome, all who are weary;
come, all who yearn for forgiveness.
The Holy Spirit through Jesus Christ has washed over us,
and our gracious and holy God beckons and blesses us.
Drink deeply of these living waters.
Come and worship.
There is room for all.
-- adapted from Worshipping Ecumenically
2023-03-2016 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church03/12/23 BPC Worship Service“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.” —Fyodor Dostoevsky2023-03-1316 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church03/05/23 BPC Worship ServiceHave mercy on me, O God,
according to your steadfast love;
according to your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions.
Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,
and cleanse me from my sin.
For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is ever before me.
Against you, you alone, have I sinned,
and done what is evil in your sight,
so that you are justified in your sentence
and blameless when you pass judgment.
You desire truth...2023-03-0716 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church02/19/23 BPC Worship ServiceGod of the ordinary,
we praise you.
You take the drabness of our thoughts,
and brighten them into vivid imagination.
You take our everyday lives,
and transform them into holy, precious moments.
You take our limited offerings,
and multiply them into an abundance of delight.
Extraordinary God,
you light up our thoughts, our lives, our selves
with the wonder of your light. We praise you. Amen.
- prayer adapted from Bare Feet and Buttercups
2023-02-2414 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church02/12/23 BPC Worship ServiceGod with us,
we confess that sometimes we feel like
we have to have some other kind of life to really serve you—
that we have to somehow be paragons of holiness,
that we have to pray for hours a day,
that we have to abandon all our other obligations
if we’re going to really follow Jesus.
Forgive us.
Reassure us.
Remind us it’s not all up to us,
that you’re at work within us,
and th...2023-02-1314 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church02/05/23 BPC Worship ServiceThought for Meditation:
“Why must people kneel down to pray? If I really wanted to pray I’ll tell you what I'd do. I'd go out into a great big field all alone or in the deep, deep woods and I'd look up into the sky—up—up—up—into that lovely blue sky that looks as if there was no end to its blueness. And then I'd just feel a prayer.”
― L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables2023-02-0914 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church01/29/23 BPC Worship ServiceLift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors!
That the King of glory may come in.
Who is the King of glory?
The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle.
Lift up your heads, O gates! And be lifted up, O ancient doors!
That the King of glory may come in.
That we may see the light of God’s love shining before us.2023-01-3015 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church01/22/23 BPC Worship ServiceThe Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
--Psalm 27:12023-01-2617 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church01/15/23 BPC Worship ServiceListen up, everyone!
God has given us work to do.
God has called each of us
before we were even born.
It was God who named us.
It is God who claims us.
The light of God’s love shines in us.
Let us shine God’s love into all the world!2023-01-1914 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church01/08/23 BPC Worship Service“We have what we seek. We don't have to rush after it. It was there all the time, and if we give it time it will make itself known to us.” ―Thomas Merton2023-01-1312 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church01/01/23 BPC Worship Service“For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning." —T. S. Eliot2023-01-0516 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church12/18/22 BPC Worship Service“If she had said, No,
The world would not have stopped:
Birds would have flown high still into sky,
The heavens would have proclaimed his glory
And the firmament the work of his hands.
We would have gone on reproving him,
Unaware of how deeply down
His love might plunge into our affliction,
Unaware of how he might have taken upon himself
The consequences of our nos.” —Pádraig J. Daly
2023-01-0512 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church12/4/22 BPC Worship Service“This is the irrational season
when love blooms bright and wild.
Had Mary been filled with reason
there’d have been no room for the child.” —Madeline L’Engle2022-12-1214 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church11/27/22 BPC Worship Service“Draw the circle wide, draw it wider still.
Let this be our song: no one stands alone.
Standing side by side, draw the circle, draw the circle wide.” —Gordon Light2022-12-1214 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church11/13/22 BPC Worship Service: “If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.” ― Meister Eckhart2022-11-1913 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church11/06/22 BPC Worship Service"What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it." — Gabriel García Márquez2022-11-1016 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/30/22 BPC Worship Service“The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.” —Psalm 24:12022-11-0314 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/23/22 BPC Worship Service"Let gratitude be the pillow upon which you kneel to say your nightly prayer. And let faith be the bridge you build to overcome evil and welcome good."
— Maya Angelou2022-10-2615 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/16/22 BPC Worship ServiceFrom our houses and our homes, you call us.
From our work and our worry, you call us.
From our planning and striving, you call us.
You call us and promise to feed us with the bread of heaven and the cup of hope.
Come, let us turn our hearts and worship.2022-10-2010 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/09/22 BPC Worship Service"A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so." — Chinua Achebe2022-10-1210 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/02/22 BPC Worship ServiceO God, “By your giving, break our cycles of imagined scarcity, override our presumed deficits, quiet our anxieties of lack. Transform our perceptual field to see the abundance . . . mercy upon mercy, blessing upon blessing.” —adapted from Walter Brueggemann2022-10-0710 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church09/25/22 BPC Worship Service"I feel as if I could at any time resign my life and the responsibility into God's hands, and become as innocent and free from care as a plant or stone." --Henry David Thoreau2022-10-0713 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church09/18/22 BPC Worship Service"Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn more than what is in books, for they speak with the voice of God." --George Washington Carver2022-09-1914 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church09/11/22 BPC Worship Service"We shall awake from our dullness and rise vigorously toward justice. If we fall in love with creation deeper and deeper we will respond to its endangerment with passion." --Hildegard of Bingen2022-09-1517 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church09/04/22 BPC Worship ServiceWe meet in the name of God,
Creator of the universe,
source of true humanity,
mother and father of all.
Amen.
We meet in the name of Jesus,
Word made flesh,
savior of fallen humanity,
lover of all.
Amen.
We meet in the name of the Holy Spirit,
Lord and giver of life,
midwife of new humanity,
inspirer of all.
Amen.
2022-09-0915 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/28/22 BPC Worship Service“True friends are always together in spirit.” ― L.M. Montgomery2022-08-3014 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/21/22 BPC Worship Service“You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom.” —Malcolm X2022-08-2515 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/14/22 BPC Worship ServiceThe world belongs to God,
the earth and all its people.
How good and how lovely it is
to live together in unity.
Love and faith come together,
justice and peace join hands.
If the Lord’s disciples keep silent,
these stones would shout aloud.
Lord, open our lips
and our mouths
shall proclaim your praise.
2022-08-1516 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/07/22 BPC Worship ServiceIn divine mystery and human care you sustain us, O God, though often we fail to recognize such wonderful gifts.
We confess that worries command our attention.
All too frequently, pursuing material things and personal pleasures top our list of priorities.
We are often numb to our spiritual hunger.
Forgive us, we pray. Set us free!2022-08-0920 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/31/22 BPC Worship ServiceSacred wind, come blow on us
Let us feel your presence
Holy Earth anchor us
Nourish our frames
Illuminating fire burn ever brighter
Reflect your truth
Life-giving water
Restore and baptize us
Amen.2022-08-0515 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/24/22 BPC Worship ServiceThought for Meditation: “…perfect love drives out fear…” —1 John 4:182022-08-0515 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/17/22 BPC Worship Service"Will you come and follow me if I but call your name?
Will you go where you don’t know and never be the same?
Will you let my love be shown, will you let my name be known?
Will you let my life be grown in you and you in me?"
-- John Bell, "The Summons"2022-07-2216 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/10/22 BPC Worship Service“I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own.” ― Audre Lorde2022-07-1117 min
Blacksburg Presbyterian Church07/03/22 BPC Worship Service“Speak up, speak out, get in the way. Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America.” —John Lewis2022-07-0516 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church06/26/22 BPC Worship ServiceAN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF EVE
by Ansel Elkins
Wearing nothing but snakeskin
boots, I blazed a footpath, the first
radical road out of that old kingdom
toward a new unknown.
When I came to those great flaming gates
of burning gold,
I stood alone in terror at the threshold
between Paradise and Earth.
There I heard a mysterious echo:
my own voice
singing to me from across the forbidden
side. I shook awake—
at once alive in a blaze of green fire.
Let it...2022-06-2819 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church06/19/22 BPC Worship ServiceLord God, open unto us.
Open unto us—
light for our darkness,
courage for our fear,
hope for our despair.
Open unto us—
peace for our turmoil,
joy for our sorrow,
strength for our weakness.
Open unto us—
wisdom for our confusion,
forgiveness for our sins,
love for our hates.
Open unto us—
your Self for our selves.
Lord, our God, open unto us.
-- adapted from Rev. Dr. Howard Thurman2022-06-2216 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church06/12/22 BPC Worship ServiceCome, let us worship in mystery and in truth the One in Three, Three in One,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer,
Speaker, Word, and Breath of Life, Lover, Beloved, and Love itself,
God who was, God who is, God who is to come.
Our minds strain to comprehend, but our hearts hear your call.
We are here to worship You.2022-06-1414 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church06/05/22 BPC Worship Service - Day of Pentecost“…as the dancing tongues of fire,
as the soul’s most deep desire,
so it is with the Spirit of God.” —Shirley Erena Murray2022-06-0609 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church05/29/22 BPC Worship Service"Everyone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment. Therein he cannot be replaced, nor can his life be repeated. Thus, everyone's task is unique as is his specific opportunity to implement it." — Viktor E. Frankl2022-06-0213 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church05/22/22 BPC Worship ServiceFill our worship with grace, Lord Jesus Christ,
that every thought, word, and deed may be acceptable to you,
our Rock and our Redeemer.
Amen.2022-05-2424 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church05/15/22 BPC Worship Service“When you have been truly loved, it nourishes you even from beyond the grave.” ― Marty Rubin2022-05-1614 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church05/08/22 BPC Worship ServiceHoly Spirit,
we approach this moment with hope
that you might move in our lives,
bringing what is long dead to life,
and bringing what is dormant to bloom.
We pray this, trusting you.
Amen.2022-05-1113 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church05/01/22 BPC Worship Service -- Presbyterian Women, Gifts of Women Sunday“Well-behaved women seldom make history.” —Laurel Thatcher Ulrich2022-05-0514 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church04/24/22 BPC Worship Service“If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things.” ― René Descartes2022-04-2611 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church04/17/22 BPC Worship Service - EasterIn our end is our beginning;
in our time, infinity;
in our doubt there is believing;
in our life, eternity. —Natalie Sleeth2022-04-2217 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church04/10/22 BPC Worship Service - Palm SundayIt is holy to gather.
It is holy to sing.
It is holy to be generous, to throw our coats on the road.
It is holy to celebrate justice when we see it.
It is holy to shout, “Hosanna!”
and in response we say,
we are here.
It is holy to remember.
It is holy to gather.
It is holy to sing.
Here and now, let us do all of these things.2022-04-1312 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church04/03/22 BPC Worship Service"Instructions for living a life.
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it."
— Mary Oliver2022-04-0414 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church03/27/22 BPC Worship Service"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness."
— Henry David Thoreau2022-03-3014 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church03/20/22 BPC Worship Service"As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness." — Henry David Thoreau2022-03-2315 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church03/13/22 BPC Worship Service“God's first language is Silence. Everything else is a translation.” ― Thomas Keating
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Coaches on CouchesThe Tale of Jay and the Giant TriathlonWhen we make the decision to take on something epic like a half or full ironman, or even our very first triathlon, or some nonsense like taking on a half or full ironman as our first triathlon, the next decision generally starts with "oh sh!^, where do I start!?" In this episode we talk with Jay Estes. He's a dad. He has a full time job. He grew up playing sports, but not endurance sports. Sound like you? Jay decided to take on the Memphis 70.3 with no previous swim or bike experience. Spoiler alert, Jay crossed the...2022-03-0959 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church03/06/22 BPC Worship ServiceIs not this the fast that I choose: to loose the bonds of injustice… to let the oppressed go free, and to break every yoke? —Isaiah 58:62022-03-0715 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church02/27/22 BPC Worship Service - Youth Sunday“Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love. . . . For he satisfies the longing soul, and the hungry soul he fills with good things.” -- Psalm 107:8-9 ESV2022-03-0405 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church02/20/22 BPC Worship Service - UKirk SundayEverybody can be great...because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. – Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.2022-02-2421 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church02/13/22 BPC Worship Service“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.” – Dr. Cornel West2022-02-1712 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church02/06/22 BPC Worship Service“Freeing yourself was one thing, claiming ownership of that freed self was another.” --Toni Morrison2022-02-0815 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church01/30/22 BPC Worship Service“The easy road would have been to stay on the same path, the one that led only to death and decay. Instead, I took the road less travelled; I journeyed towards new life; towards transformation.” —Alex Clare-Young2022-02-0214 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church01/23/22 BPC Worship ServiceExciting God
Glorious God
Baptize us with wonder
Wise God
Righteous God
Baptize us with justice
Holy God
Covenant God
Baptize us with love2022-01-2416 min
Coaches on CouchesWhen To Start Training For a Half IronmanWhen someone is considering taking on an epic event like a half or full ironman, the first question we get is "when should I start?" The next question we get about 3 months later would be "is it too late now?" The truth is the way you feel on race day is directly linked to your longevity in the sport. If you constantly go in under prepared and crawl across the finish line, there's a small chance you'll stick around the sport of triathlon. So in this episode we chat about some considerations for when you should start training based...2022-01-2046 min
Coaches on CouchesA Deep Dive With Jonny BrownWe are totally stoked to have Jonny Brown on our growing team of coaches. Having known Jonny for some time, this is a full circle, we are old, moment for us. He brings a ton of experience and clearly knows how to train at a high level. So Coach D and Coach B-Fun sit down with the former US Pro National Road Race Champion and chat about his role as a coach with BPC, what he's excited about as a coach, and naturally get into his professional career and how his training has changed. There is one major nugget...2022-01-131h 04Blacksburg Presbyterian Church01/09/22 BPC Worship ServiceYou are a child of God, holy and beloved.2022-01-1213 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church01/02/22 BPC Worship Service“I never made one of my discoveries through the process of rational thinking.” — Albert Einstein2022-01-0616 min
Coaches on CouchesInaugural 2021 Hammie AwardsPrepare yourself for an award show so big, so disorganized, so flashy, that it could only be dubbed...The Hammies. Coach D and Coach B-Fun look back on the cycling, running, and triathlon world in 2021 and recap some of the best and worst moments both globally and locally. Some categories include: - Best Race Moment(s) - Biggest Race Disappointment - Breakout Professional Season - Biggest Event Attended by BPC Athletes - Best Local Event - Best Cheering Section by an Individual - Best Cheering...2021-12-2950 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church12/26/21 BPC Worship Service"For Christ to become one of us
He had to be born like us . . .
The bread of life had to learn how to eat
The one who holds us, first had to be held
The Lover was loved
The Way had to learn to walk
The Word had to learn to speak
The Teacher had to be taught.
This is the miracle of God with us.
This is Emmanuel."
-- James Hawes, Sunday Papers2021-12-2715 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church12/19/21 BPC Worship Service“Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts.
Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts.
Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me...
Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.” ― Shel Silverstein2021-12-2709 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church12/12/21 BPC Worship ServiceThird Sunday of Advent
“Hold fast to dreams,
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird,
That cannot fly.” ― Langston Hughes2021-12-1312 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church11/28/21 - BPC Worship Service“Nothing is hopeless; we must hope for everything.” — Madeleine L’Engle
2021-12-0313 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church11/14/21 - BPC Worship ServiceStewardship Focus 2021
“Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso2021-11-1517 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church11/07/21 - BPC Worship ServiceStewardship Focus 2021
“Our ancestors have a lot to teach us. This is not because they were wiser or more devout than we are or “better” Christians, though we can’t rule out such possibilities. It is because they can point us toward what is essential.” ― Margaret Bendroth2021-11-0817 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/31/21 - BPC Worship ServiceAll Saints; Sunday
“We're all ghosts. We all carry, inside us, people who came before us.” ― Liam Callanan2021-11-0122 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/24/21 - BPC Worship ServiceStewardship Focus 2021
“Optimism is a passive virtue, hope is an active one. It takes no courage to be an optimist, but it does need courage to hope.” —Jonathan Sacks2021-10-2714 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/17/21 - BPC Worship ServiceHow very good and pleasant it is
when we live in unity.
We gather here together with our hearts and voices raised to God,
who is the center of our unity and praise!2021-10-2013 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/10/21 - BPC Worship ServicePeace & Global Missions Focus 2021
“What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.” —Meister Eckhart2021-10-1113 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church10/03/21 - BPC Worship ServicePeace & Global Missions Focus 2021
“This is what it means to be contemplative in the heart of the world: seeing and adoring the presence of Jesus, especially in the lowly appearance of bread, and in the distressing disguise of the poor.” -- Mother Theresa2021-10-0714 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church09/26/21 - BPC Worship ServiceSeason of Creation 2021:
“Physical matter is music solidified” - Pythagorus2021-10-0114 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church09/19/21 - BPC Worship ServiceSeason of Creation 2021:
We breathe in what the trees breathe out, and they breathe in what we breathe out. Forever overwhelmed by the beauty of God's design . . . 2021-09-2312 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church09/12/21 - BPC Worship ServiceSeason of Creation 2021: “Some people talk to animals. Not many listen though. That's the problem.” ― A.A. Milne2021-09-1712 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church09/05/21 - BPC Worship Service: Stories from Members of the Congregation“There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it.” —Terry Pratchett2021-09-0914 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/29/21 - BPC Fourtheenth Sunday after Pentecost“The raven is a creature of need, of want, of desire. It is voracious. And God feeds it, takes care of its needs, so Jesus would have us believe.” —Debbie Blue, Consider the Birds2021-09-0218 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/22/21 - BPC Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost“There's always a story. It's all stories, really. The sun coming up every day is a story. Everything's got a story in it.” —Terry Pratchett2021-09-0214 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/15/21 - BPC Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost“God’s work in the world doesn’t work like a business—like commerce or trade: give up this and you’ll get that—blood for love, the death of one thing so that something else can live. It’s a lot more creative than that. It’s not tit for tat. It’s grace upon mind-blowing grace.” —Debbie Blue, Consider the Birds2021-08-2019 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/08/21 - BPC Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost“To be alive involves a lot: suffering and taste buds and sweetness and muck. The spirit of God is not apart from this.” — Debbie Blue, Consider the Birds2021-08-2015 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church08/01/21 - BPC Tenth Sunday after Pentecost"To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the breaking of bread." — James Baldwin2021-08-2014 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/25/21 - BPC Ninth Sunday after Pentecost"Where there is great love, there are always miracles." — Willa Cather2021-08-1316 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/18/21 - BPC Eighth Sunday after Pentecost"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." — Albert Einstein2021-08-1314 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/18/21 BPC - Eighth Sunday after Pentecost"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feeling as something separated from the rest, a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty." — Albert Einstein2021-08-1350 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/11/21 BPC - Seventh Sunday after Pentecost"Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful." — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley2021-08-1317 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church07/04/21 BPC - Sixth Sunday after Pentecost“As soon as healing takes place, go out and heal somebody else.” ― Maya Angelou2021-08-1317 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church06/27/21 BPC - Fifth Sunday after PentecostThe wound is the place where the Light enters you.
— Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī2021-06-2918 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church06/20/21 BPC - Fourth Sunday after Pentecost“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.” -- Unknown2021-06-2916 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church06/13/21 BPC - Third Sunday after PentecostPsalm 46:10
Be still, and know that I am God!
Be still, and know that I am...
Be still, and know...
Be still...
Be...2021-06-2920 minBlacksburg Presbyterian Church06/06/21 BPC - Second Sunday after PentecostIf peace means this, I don’t want peace:
If peace means accepting second class citizenship I don’t want it
If peace means keeping my mouth shut in the midst of injustice and evil, I don’t want it
If peace means being complacently adjusted to a deadening status quo, I don’t want peace.
If peace means a willingness to be exploited economically, dominated politically, humiliated and segregated, I don’t want peace.
In a passive non-violent manner, we must revolt against this peace.
Jesus says in su...2021-06-2919 min
Blacksburg Presbyterian Church05/30/21 BPC - Trinity Sunday“We’ve turned faith into a right to certitude when, in fact, this Trinitarian mystery is whispering quite the opposite: we have to live in exquisite, terrible humility before reality.” —Richard Rohr2021-05-2414 min
Coaches on CouchesOura Ring 3 Month ReviewIf you've been curious about the Oura Ring, this episode is for you! Coach D and Coach B-fun have been using the Oura Rings for a little over 3 months now and they've got a great list of pros and cons with the this fancy wearable gadget. They cover: - What is the Oura Ring? - What does it measure? - What does it extrapolate from that data? - What it does really well - What is really annoying about it right now - Is it worth the money? It seems like most endurance athletes these days have a love...2021-01-2136 min
Coaches on CouchesDeveloping Speed in Young AthletesIn this stint on the couch we introduce you to a new slouch, BPC coach Aaron Persinger. Aaron has a masters degree from the University of Memphis in health and human performance and he was a 4 year letterman on the U of M track team as a hurdles specialist. He's recently been working with our friends at Memphis Youth Athletics, and assistant coaching the Christian Brothers High School track and XC teams. Since it's right in his wheelhouse, and we've been helping young athletes get faster longer than we've been working in endurance sports, we chat about...2020-12-1650 min
Coaches on CouchesNailing Your Hydration Strategy With Andy Blow of Precision HydrationLet's face it. It's getting hot as hell outside and a lot of us are also training indoors more. Both scenarios bring on lots of that salty liquid we know as sweat. So we are tasking the tough hydration questions to our buddy Andy from Precision Hydration (a fellow salty sweater) so that all of you cyclists, runners, and triathletes out there can nail your hydration during the summer sizzler. This is probably one of the most informative interviews we've done, with a lot of actionable info. You won't want to miss it. Unless you don't care...2020-06-2459 min
Coaches on CouchesMajor Lessons Gained From 10 Years of CoachingIt's a bit of a special episode for us. May marks the 10 year anniversary of BPC Coaching. It's been a fun and wild ride helping athletes of all ages and ability levels improve in their health, fitness, and the sports they love. But you don't make it 10 years without gaining a bit of wisdom (yeah we said it...wisdom), making long term observations, and learning specific lessons that there is no research to back, no book of knowledge to guide you, and are only specific to the population we work with. So we'll drop them on you. One after another...2019-05-1338 min
Coaches on CouchesThe Value of Sweat Sodium Testing to Endurance AthletesWe've talked before (episode 1) about avoiding a heat beat down, but today we are going to talk specifically about the value of sweat sodium testing. We chat about: - What is sweat sodium testing? - Why is sodium so important? - How much sweat sodium concentration varies in athletes - What's the average? - What to do with the numbers once you have them - How we test sweat sodium concentration - Cost of testing and how to find a testing location in your area Links: Booking group or local (Memphis) testing: https://buildpeakcompete.com/hydration Find a testing center...2019-04-1848 min
Coaches on CouchesMost Common Bike Fitting IssuesIn this episode we chat about the most common issues we see when fitting bikes. We've been fitting bikes professionally for the last decade and have seen a lot. Worked through a lot. It hasn’t all been pretty, but no bike/rider combo is the same. These issues could be things about the bike, it could be things about the rider. Neither can be ignored if you truly want to be dialed in. We also dive into Coach Dale's philosophy and fitting process since it differs from a lot of fitters. With a background in exercise physiology and biomechanics, he...2019-04-071h 02