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Bill Lindeke @blindeke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Calling fans of ancient mountains (& the Piedmont that adjoins them)! We have North Carolina, West Virginia (@pedalingpastor.bsky.social) & Tennessee on the menu for You're Not From Here, Are You this month. Wednesday 7pm Free at the Black Hart. See you then! tcsidewalks.blogspot.com/2026/10/your...

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I just hope UMN students dont think that wearing plastic workout clothing paired with a spread collar and Windsor knot is a look worth replicating.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

it appears StaffForce is very desperate

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

as if navigating through St. Paul aint scary enough, now I've got "Mr. Chuckles" staring me down

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

If he splits an infinitive I would put a helmet on and duck for cover

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I’ve never felt comfortable wearing a clergy collar. So I got this patch instead. I think of it as the new clergy marker. It’s a Mister Rogers cardigan patch that says “Love Your Neoghbor”

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This morning at the coffee shop i rather enjoyed myself both explaining who Michael Bolton was/is and that he has instructional softball vhs tapes. youtu.be/t8g8abpP9jM?...

youtu.be

Bolton's Vault: Field of Dreams | Michael Bolton's Bomber's vs Major League Baseball Superstars

YouTube video by Michael Bolton

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

summer ends with a feather mallet kids too tired from the first day of school playgrounds empty beaches cleared ice cream trucks silent it's heaven.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Thanks to Judson neighbor, Bossy Bear, for helping with the wording of this particular message (made it more playful rather than my slightly threatening version)

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

How the MN State Fair warps your mind days after you attended: it's Friday afternoon (3:28pm to be specific) my wife and I are enjoying some unstructured time around the house...and then she asks me what time do I want to eat dinner?

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(8/8) I wonder how many other people have Wendell Berry stories that center on search committees? Make sense to me, since one of his major life themes was finding and cultivating and nurturing a sense and place of home.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(7/8) not Wendell's Berry farm (which may or may not exist - who knows maybe it is the greatest berry farm in Appalachia and the owner is a lover of puns).

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(6/8) It was an awkward moment where I had to explain to the chair of the search committee that I was proposing a trip to Wendell Berry's farm (the poet, novelist, essayist, farmer, prophet)

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(4/8) The search chair, however, couldn't figure out why everyone on the committee was so excited about the farm. They thought it was a tender proposal (but not a big deal) to take all the kids from church to Wendell's Berry Farm.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(3/8) Everyone on the search committee (but the chair) thought it was a great idea and wondered aloud if they could use their contacts to reach out to Berry and have him meet us for coffee.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(2/8) One of my activities I proposed during my first 100 days of ministry was a field trip to Wendell Berry's farm (at the Berry Center) to learn more about the relationship between the land and the Bible.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(1/8) Wendell Berry story #4: grammar One time a search committee didn't understand (or didn't want to understand) my approach to ministry, so I provided them a first 100 days of ministry plan (feel free to do this yourself, it is a great exercise).

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I wonder when seminaries and divinity schools are going to jump into NIL agreements?

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(2/2) I said, "Sure, but Wendell Berry is over in the UK giving the Gifford Lectures." I made that up, I just couldn't stomach Wendell Berry having to listen to the dude wax on and on about himself. Mr. Berry, you're welcome.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

(1/2) Wendell Berry story #3: Confession: One day a self-absorbed dude told me he leaving early the next morning and driving to Wendell Berry's farm to visit with Wendell to share with him his grand story of how he (not Wendell) was going to make millions (I kid you not).

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

alternative contest and equally frightening: "X will attempt to shake 10 hands at the MN State Fair to break the Guinness World Record for human interaction by an introvert"

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

How far does the MN state fair creep into your consciousness? For the past couple years I thought proton mail was pronto mail (and I don’t even like pronto pups)

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Today I Heard the Best Life Advice Ever While biking to Judson Church I came across a dazzle of preschool aged camp kids. I overheard one kid say to another kid, "Don't kid yourself into thinking this is a safe position."

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I always leave the state fair loving life apparently not everyone exits the same way. While waiting on the bus back a couple chose to ride separate buses and. It return home together. Oh the dagger looks and pursed lips. Can’t wait to write this short story tomorrow

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A liberal Christian revival with moonlight and a Dolly Parton tribute song. God bless Sierra Ferrell

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Apparently Stella wants to stay in MN too

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

God bless Tanya Tucker, the woman is lighting up the grandstand.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Our state fair hack: if the seed art line is too long - just go see the scarecrows and you’ll get half of the seed art and no line.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Who else is going to the Sierra Ferrell concert tomorrow at the state fair? She’s from the next town up for me in WV. I wonder if she’ll mention Tudor’s Biscuits?

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Anyone interested in starting a bike book club with me? Monthly book (rotate fiction and nonfiction) read where bikes are prominent (or play a significant role). For example, the role bicycles play in Theo of Golden…

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

New sign drop at Judson Church, (took me several drafts to get it down to this)

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Yes. I give the stole back tomorrow, isn’t is amazing? Part of the “nut roll” bike ride

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

In May of 2000 as I graduated from Divinity school and you would have told me, “in 26 years you’re gonna give a eulogy for a candy company wearing a bespoke stole as part of a bike ride (and slip in a sex joke)” I think I would’ve replied, “that sounds about right”

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I heard a guy say, "Oh, I've got a big google drive full of ideas"

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🚲🕸️𝖘𝖈𝖔𝖔𝖕𝖘🕸️🚲 @scoopsstp.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Nut Roll is Love. Nut Roll is Life. Tomorrow we ride!

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Life goal: I’d love when someone asks me for a copy of my sermon I handed them an EP (For the record, pun intended, someone asks for a copy maybe 2x a year, maybe)

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

You’re waiting on the bus downtown and you say to Bob, “it’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.” And Bob replies, “it’ll be -20° soon.” Shut up Bob.

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Have yall sent him (or suggested) a War on Cars cleverhood cape?

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Travis Norvell @pedalingpastor.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Now that betting is legal and ubiquitous in Minnesota…can we please place bets on times and numbers at the Miracle of Birth barn at the MN State Fair? I think this could make millions.

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