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Dietrich Bonhoeffer quotes the first line of Psalm 133 as the first line of Life Together. That’s his book from 1939, describing a way to approach Christian community. Because it was written from his experience leading an illegal seminary in Nazi Germany, Bonhoeffer is credible in teaching about building community when it isn’t easy. “Behold, how good and […]

God. I try to be honest, God, when I talk to you. I’ll be honest. I want to try to be honest. Today, I need to honestly say, we do not understand what is really going on. In just about anything. Nations, families, our own hearts, we know there is chaos and uncertainty and question. […]

Life gets so noisy sometimes that we forget to look beyond our own thoughts. Others encouraged me to dive into a couple of books… +++ God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life, by Timothy Keller I’m part of a men’s group with my church. It’s an amazing community of people who have become real friends. We intimately […]

Whereas I wrote to some people the other day noting that today is the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2026; Whereas I read on a substack the other day that the first question Jesus asked was, “What do you want?” And the writer wondered how we would answer that question if Jesus asked us. And then took […]

Rich Dixon is thinking about people: +++ Several years ago, I was offered the opportunity to speak to men recovering from addiction. I thought I’d share my amazing story with them. I imagined inspiring them to dream big dreams. Not sure whether any of that occurred. What happened for sure was that spending time with […]