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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 — 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
	Wheels of Wisdom: Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit by Tim Bishop (Goodreads Author), Debbie Bishop (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 2016 — 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
	Hedging Commodity Price Risk: A Small Business Perspective by Tim Bishop (Goodreads Author), Joe Smith (Foreword) , Sandra Judd (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	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	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) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 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

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Wheels of Wisdom collects another first-place award

Wheels of Wisdom: Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit has won its fourth 1st-place book award and its eighth award overall. Best Book Awards selected the seeker’s devotional as the winner in the Christian Inspirational genre of its 2018 contest. For more details, here’s a news release from the contest sponsor announcing the results.

In September, Wheels of Wisdom was selected as a semifinalist...

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Tim Bishop wrote a new blog post Wheels of Wisdom collects another first-place award Wheels of Wisdom: Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit has won its fourth 1st-place book award and its eighth award overall. Best Book Awards selec... Read more of this blog post »
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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 rated a book really liked it Grace in Progress: Prayers for the Beautifully Broken by J.C. Beichner (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
My wife and I used this handy book of 21 touching prayers as part of evening devotions. Readers will find personal application to many of the petitions and expressions of adoration for the Lord. The prayers are humble, authentic, and heartfelt. Beichn ...more
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Tim Bishop recommended The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear to Debbie Bishop The Writer's Process: Getting Your Brain in Gear by Anne H. Janzer (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
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Janzer provides an insider’s view of the inner battle between natural adversaries – the creative versus the disciplined sides of any writer – and offers help on reconciling them to achieve writing success. Her concise prose, precision word choice, an ...more
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Tim Bishop made a comment in the group Goodreads Librarians Group — Please add book awards topic " Please add the following awards for Wheels of Wisdom: Winner, National Indie Excellence for Inspiration (2017) Gold Medal, Readers' Favorite Book Award ...more "
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Tim Bishop liked Mike He's review of Wheels of Wisdom: Life Lessons for the Restless Spirit: "A powerful book full of Tim and Debbie Bishop's cross-country pedaling experiences and God words of love, wisdom and encouragement one needs to face up to challenges and find peace and joy in his or her daily life. A book for all ages and walks of..." Read more of this review »
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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

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