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So. If Jesus is thirsty, how might we give him water? Said differently, how do we give literal water to people who are literally thirsty? It can happen by participating in larger projects. Last week, Paul Merrill pointed to The Water Project, a team who has worked for the last 20 years digging wells in sub-Saharan Africa. Charity: […]

When Jesus told a story about what people living lives following him would do, he talked about giving water to thirsty people. He was probably talking about literal water and literal thirst. The kind that come when you have walked since early in the morning in the heat of Israel. On one day in particular, […]

From Rich Dixon +++ Last time we talked about service. At last week’s FREEDOM TOUR CLASSIC, a few people indicated I was some sort of leader. I’ve spent a good deal of time pondering that notion. I understand the need for leadership, and for better or worse that’s probably part of my role. But Jesus […]

The other day I was sitting in church. That’s its own story, of course. After leading the Sunday service at the hospital for more than nine years, after being on church staff for most of fifteen years before that, I’m in a season of sitting with Nancy in church on Sunday mornings. Not in charge […]

Years ago, I started having trouble reading the Bible. I looked at the text and couldn’t concentrate. I started to wonder what was wrong, whether there was some spiritual thing going on. And then one day at work as a pastor, I picked up a Bible. It had larger print. And I suddenly had no […]