Hello to everyone biking in Asia. I wanted to write a quick note about some exciting news back home. The BikeMovement documentary is completed. You can read more about it at: http://bikemovement.org/documentary/.

We have added a Documentary Update Section to the website. This page contains details of the upcoming documentary scheduled to be released this summer at the upcoming Mennonite convention in San Jose. You will also be able to watch the documentary trailer, as well as preview several topical video clips that will be included on the final DVD. Once this documentary is released, this section of the website will contain additional video clips, information on how to order, and possibly a downloadable study guide.

The following is a posting of Laurelyn Foderaro’s article “Cultiviating a Relevant Community through Dialogue” for her Diaogue and Deliberation class at Goshen College. It introduces some of the topics that will be addressed further in the upcoming documentary.

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While the biking portion of BikeMovement 2006 may have ended on August 25, 2006 on a sandy beach in Ocean City, New Jersey, several follow-up projects are in full gear. Look out for the upcoming BikeMovement Missio Dei publication, a collection of articles written by BikeMovement members. There are also plans to further develop this website into a resource for young adult thoughts and insights. We are starting to collect papers written by young adults in regards to faith and the church that will be developed into a resource database. If you would like to submit papers at this time, please send them to timothycs@goshen.edu .

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Last evening Timothy Shenk, Kristen Swartley, and I, along with my roommate Cheryl Heatwole, celebrated the Hebrew tradition of Shabbat (the Jewish sabbath) at suppertime, passing around a glass of wine (grape juice) and breaking bread around the table (er, ok, so it was cheese sandwiches), while reflecting on our week since last Friday. Tim looked behind him at the microwave which read a time of 7:00, and asked, “Kendra! Where were we this time exactly one week ago?” I felt myself start to smile: “Bikemovement!” (more…)