Travis Norvell
@pedalingpastor.bsky.social
pedaling the gospel of community, inclusion, social justice, dad jokes, yelling at 🚗, & a deep ❤️ for 🚲 👟 🚌. WV-expat. Pastor of Judson Memorial Baptist Church in S. MPLS author of Church on the Move: A Practical Guide for Ministry in the Community
If you think there’s no science or sorcery behind fitting a card, 3 little jesuses, 2 red noses & 2 night lights then you are mistaken! I’m sending them to folks who haven’t been able to be in-person this Advent and WHILE SUPPLIES LAST I'll send you a Judson Church Advent Whimsy Package too!
December 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If you think there’s no science or sorcery behind fitting a card, 3 little jesuses, 2 red noses & 2 night lights then you are mistaken! I’m sending them to folks who haven’t been able to be in-person this Advent and WHILE SUPPLIES LAST I'll send you a Judson Church Advent Whimsy Package too!
it would take Bob Cratchit a full day's wage to go see a Saturday performance about his life at the Guthrie
December 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
it would take Bob Cratchit a full day's wage to go see a Saturday performance about his life at the Guthrie
for me A Christmas Carol is a novel for what middle class liberation theology looks like.
December 15, 2025 at 11:54 PM
for me A Christmas Carol is a novel for what middle class liberation theology looks like.
Will Charlie Brown find the joy he deserves this morning at Judson Church? Yes! The skit rehearsal was fabulous. The choir has yet to practice Christmas Time Is Here (so they may be off key, crossed🤞). & I feel pretty good about my sermon
See y'all at 9:30am
See y'all at 9:30am
December 14, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Will Charlie Brown find the joy he deserves this morning at Judson Church? Yes! The skit rehearsal was fabulous. The choir has yet to practice Christmas Time Is Here (so they may be off key, crossed🤞). & I feel pretty good about my sermon
See y'all at 9:30am
See y'all at 9:30am
I just finished my sermon, The Joy Charlie Brown Deserved - it's not good enough to displace The Munsters (like the original A Charlie Brown Christmas) but I think it pretty good! I think you're gonna like it.
December 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I just finished my sermon, The Joy Charlie Brown Deserved - it's not good enough to displace The Munsters (like the original A Charlie Brown Christmas) but I think it pretty good! I think you're gonna like it.
my un-uber ride this morning was on time, warm, pleasant and dropped me off just a couple of blocks from my house (ensuring privacy). I'd give my driver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. thanks @metrotransitmn.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
my un-uber ride this morning was on time, warm, pleasant and dropped me off just a couple of blocks from my house (ensuring privacy). I'd give my driver ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. thanks @metrotransitmn.bsky.social
(on another platform) @blindeke.bsky.social once said the best thing you can do during a snowstorm is go to your nearest bar, so I did & worked on a Xmas gift for the kids: my advice book for them
it begins with/ "everybody's a dumbass about something, but rarely a dumbass about everything"
🙏 Bill
it begins with/ "everybody's a dumbass about something, but rarely a dumbass about everything"
🙏 Bill
December 10, 2025 at 3:13 AM
(on another platform) @blindeke.bsky.social once said the best thing you can do during a snowstorm is go to your nearest bar, so I did & worked on a Xmas gift for the kids: my advice book for them
it begins with/ "everybody's a dumbass about something, but rarely a dumbass about everything"
🙏 Bill
it begins with/ "everybody's a dumbass about something, but rarely a dumbass about everything"
🙏 Bill
what can I say? other than it's gonna be another great Sunday at Judson Church...
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
what can I say? other than it's gonna be another great Sunday at Judson Church...
The Advent series Judson Memorial Baptist Church continues this Sunday as we journey to Whoville. Special music, section from How the Grinch Stole Christmas as our invitation to communion, green lefse (Scandinavian potato bread for the uninitiated), Jingle Bells sing-along, & some other surprises
December 5, 2025 at 5:49 PM
The Advent series Judson Memorial Baptist Church continues this Sunday as we journey to Whoville. Special music, section from How the Grinch Stole Christmas as our invitation to communion, green lefse (Scandinavian potato bread for the uninitiated), Jingle Bells sing-along, & some other surprises
this sermon series just keeps getting better and more fun.
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
this sermon series just keeps getting better and more fun.
Happy first Sunday of Advent
Happy first Sunday of winter biking to church to all who celebrate.
The storm and holidays kept many at home but what a wonderful day at Judson Church, maybe the best in years.
Happy first Sunday of winter biking to church to all who celebrate.
The storm and holidays kept many at home but what a wonderful day at Judson Church, maybe the best in years.
November 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Happy first Sunday of Advent
Happy first Sunday of winter biking to church to all who celebrate.
The storm and holidays kept many at home but what a wonderful day at Judson Church, maybe the best in years.
Happy first Sunday of winter biking to church to all who celebrate.
The storm and holidays kept many at home but what a wonderful day at Judson Church, maybe the best in years.
Tomorrow at Judson Church is the 1st Sunday of Advent Tomorrow we go to the Island of Misfit Toys for The Hope of Rudolph's Gift. There will be 150 red noses to pass out, a skit, special music "We're a Couple of Misfits", and at least a tablespoon of hope🤞. Worship starts at 9:30am.
November 29, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Tomorrow at Judson Church is the 1st Sunday of Advent Tomorrow we go to the Island of Misfit Toys for The Hope of Rudolph's Gift. There will be 150 red noses to pass out, a skit, special music "We're a Couple of Misfits", and at least a tablespoon of hope🤞. Worship starts at 9:30am.
short week, thus a rare Monday sign drop:
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
short week, thus a rare Monday sign drop:
Travis, how dedicated are you to the Advent-Christmas-sermon-series concept?
Oh, I don’t know…how about 150 red noses committed!
Advent 1 (11/30) The Hope of Rudolph's Gift 9:30am at Judson Church
Oh, I don’t know…how about 150 red noses committed!
Advent 1 (11/30) The Hope of Rudolph's Gift 9:30am at Judson Church
November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Travis, how dedicated are you to the Advent-Christmas-sermon-series concept?
Oh, I don’t know…how about 150 red noses committed!
Advent 1 (11/30) The Hope of Rudolph's Gift 9:30am at Judson Church
Oh, I don’t know…how about 150 red noses committed!
Advent 1 (11/30) The Hope of Rudolph's Gift 9:30am at Judson Church
I dont think ive ever been this giddy about Advent
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I dont think ive ever been this giddy about Advent
2000th early vote casted. now just wait until @dewayneforminneapolis.com is confirmed the next mayor of Minneapolis.
October 30, 2025 at 11:34 PM
2000th early vote casted. now just wait until @dewayneforminneapolis.com is confirmed the next mayor of Minneapolis.
When I preach an inclusive and expansive love at Judson Memorial Baptist Church people clap and say Hallelujah (well, they clap). And yet the struggle to purge the image of God as a judgmental angry dude is real.
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
When I preach an inclusive and expansive love at Judson Memorial Baptist Church people clap and say Hallelujah (well, they clap). And yet the struggle to purge the image of God as a judgmental angry dude is real.
a picture from the Tunnel of Love last evening on Lyndale Ave.
September 5, 2025 at 12:29 AM
a picture from the Tunnel of Love last evening on Lyndale Ave.
It’s Sunday afternoon around 2pm, I stopped by the church to get a book. as i passed through the sanctuary I had to pause and honor the moment because i could still feel the prayers, laments, tears and hopes from this morning.
August 31, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It’s Sunday afternoon around 2pm, I stopped by the church to get a book. as i passed through the sanctuary I had to pause and honor the moment because i could still feel the prayers, laments, tears and hopes from this morning.
Bike Stolen: Tern HSD S8i e-bike stolen from out front of Blaisdell YMCA between 9:50-11:30am (during yoga class) They cut the chain lock and back wheel lock. Police report filed, hopefully this act was caught on Y’s surveillance camera.
Any and all help appreciated.
Any and all help appreciated.
June 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Bike Stolen: Tern HSD S8i e-bike stolen from out front of Blaisdell YMCA between 9:50-11:30am (during yoga class) They cut the chain lock and back wheel lock. Police report filed, hopefully this act was caught on Y’s surveillance camera.
Any and all help appreciated.
Any and all help appreciated.
Coffee is perfect,
Biscuits are in the oven,
Pork shoulder will soon be smoking,
Hazel Dickens playlist is ready,
Happy West Virginia Day everyone
Biscuits are in the oven,
Pork shoulder will soon be smoking,
Hazel Dickens playlist is ready,
Happy West Virginia Day everyone
June 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Coffee is perfect,
Biscuits are in the oven,
Pork shoulder will soon be smoking,
Hazel Dickens playlist is ready,
Happy West Virginia Day everyone
Biscuits are in the oven,
Pork shoulder will soon be smoking,
Hazel Dickens playlist is ready,
Happy West Virginia Day everyone
Spotted in the wild: A rare south Minneapolis concrete cairn.
June 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Spotted in the wild: A rare south Minneapolis concrete cairn.
What’s a summer Wednesday have in store for the pedaling pastor?
Why delivering the most up to date inclusive study Bibles for our high school graduates of course
Why delivering the most up to date inclusive study Bibles for our high school graduates of course
June 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What’s a summer Wednesday have in store for the pedaling pastor?
Why delivering the most up to date inclusive study Bibles for our high school graduates of course
Why delivering the most up to date inclusive study Bibles for our high school graduates of course
In the middle of a blizzard about 10 years ago…I waited and waited and waited for the 21 bus. When the bus arrived and the doors I opened I asked the driver, “Do you think you’ll be able to make it?”
The driver replied, “Climb in brother and I’ll get you home!”
You were a great route, 🙏
The driver replied, “Climb in brother and I’ll get you home!”
You were a great route, 🙏
June 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
In the middle of a blizzard about 10 years ago…I waited and waited and waited for the 21 bus. When the bus arrived and the doors I opened I asked the driver, “Do you think you’ll be able to make it?”
The driver replied, “Climb in brother and I’ll get you home!”
You were a great route, 🙏
The driver replied, “Climb in brother and I’ll get you home!”
You were a great route, 🙏