A prayer for the twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

God. We are anxious. We are anxious to and anxious about.We are longing to and longing for.And we are, a little, dreading. Then we read about Moses on a mountain with you. You tell him you care. And in the middle of the cloud of your presence, hearing the whispers of your voice, with the experience of eighty years […]

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A blessing.

God. Some days, we simply aren’t sure. We’re not sure our contribution matters. We’re not sure our skills are enough. We’re not sure we’ll have what we need for the conversations and the procedures and the challenges and the uncertainty in front of us. But we are doing work that matters. God, we have responsibility […]

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Thinking about true with Jesus.

So how would Jesus invite us to think about what is true? Intriguing, he told parables, which are not measurably true, to help his followers and enemies understand the truth that he was speaking. Perhaps when we are so focused on facts as the only measure of what is true, we may be missing what […]

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Peaceful insight.

Rich Dixon is reflecting on Jesus. +++ Most of us know folks dealing with some form of memory loss. Earlier this week I was cranking my bike and praying for one specific person, a dear friend and devoted follower of Jesus, who seems to be fading into her own reality. And something occurred to me. […]

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Thinking noble thoughts.

I confess. I’m no fan of pedestals. (Except for the pedestal sink we’re thinking about) When we make celebrities of humans, we create expectations for them and in them that are inhumane. And in the absence of boundaries, humans do not thrive. Self-destruction stories fill our news feed and feed our gossip. Depending on the […]

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