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Tim Bishop

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Houlton, Maine, The United States

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At age 52, Tim Bishop left a successful career as a corporate treasurer, married his dream girl, and embarked with her to parts unknown—on bicycles! Tim and Debbie have since coauthored four books about their midlife bicycling adventures. Publishers Weekly dubbed their latest, Wheels of Wisdom, “a roadmap for life.” In addition to their coaching experience on TheHopeLine, The Bishops bring a strong Christian foundation to their inspirational, self-help books.

Tim is a three-time Maine chess champion, a CPA, and a consultant for small businesses. He has also written a business book, Hedging Commodity Price Risk. He is still out to prove that the writing contest he won as a college freshman was not a fluke. The Bishops blog at OpenRoadPress.co ...more

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	Two Are Better: Midlife Newlyweds Bicycle Coast to Coast by Tim Bishop (Goodreads Author), Debbie Bishop (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wheels of Wisdom: Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit by Tim Bishop (Goodreads Author), Debbie Bishop (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hedging Demystified: How to Balance Risk and Protect Profit 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Metaphors in Motion: Wisdom from the Open Road by Tim Bishop (Goodreads Author), Debbie Bishop (Goodreads Author), Tom Nenadal (Foreword) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bicycle Touring How-To: What We Learned by Tim Bishop (Goodreads Author), Debbie Bishop (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Grab some soda and popcorn, because the Kendrick brothers are at it again. This Friday, August 23, they officially release their sixth movie, Overcomer, to cinemas in North America. I had the pleasure of screening this movie as part of the Christian Worldview Film Festival held in Franklin, Tennessee, in mid-March.

When Overcomer begins, you may feel like you’re being treated to a remake of t

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Tim Bishop made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — book not showing up on author profile topic " Emily wrote: "As the author you can set the default edition that shows in your profile and in searches. We do not delete old editions. Here are the in ...more "
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Tim Bishop rated a book it was amazing The Alzheimer's Disease Caregiver's Handbook: What to Remember When They Forget by Sally Willard Burbank (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
I bought this book to gain a better appreciation for what two married friends have dealt with daily for many years as they continue to confront this dreadful disease, and it delivered. Written by a primary care physician and one of her patients whose ...more
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The beauty in this book is not in the construction of the author’s words but in her story itself and her willingness to share it. Browne, who is a singer-songwriter, reveals dreadful episodes of past abuse without the anger and vitriol to which most ...more
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Tim Bishop rated a book really liked it The God Dare: Will You Choose to Believe the Impossible? by Kate Battistelli	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
If you’re stuck in complacency, unmoved by God’s calling on your life, then Kate Battistelli’s “The God Dare” will light a fire under you—not with a match but with a blowtorch. It’s a spiritual I.V. for the faint of heart, with rich, contemporary sto ...more
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Tim Bishop made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add book awards to Wheels of Wisdom topic " Please add the following book awards to Wheels of Wisdom: Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit: Next Generation Indie Book Award for Christian Nonficti ...more "
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Tim Bishop answered Goodreads's question: Where did you get the idea for your most recent book? In 2013, Debbie and I published Two Are Better as a testimonial to becoming first-time newlyweds at age 52 and then cycling across America. It was a learning experience for sure, but we had no plans to write another book. When we embarked on our third See Full Answer
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Making Connections: 2005. BICYCLE TOURING HOW-TO: WHAT WE LEARNED by Tim and Debbie Bishop	1	6	Jan 13, 2014 08:59PM
Making Connections: 2006. TWO ARE BETTER: MIDLIFE NEWLYWEDS BICYCLE COAST TO COAST by Tim and Debbie Bishop	1	7	Jan 13, 2014 09:03PM
Goodreads Librari...: print editions need to be matched with e-book editions	3	18	Jun 08, 2019 07:46PM

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