300 words a day

God. There are so many words. And we aren’t sure which ones to trust. We listen uncritically to the words that support what we believe, unwilling to consider the motives behind them. We read stories that tug at our hearts, unaware that they are created by human and machine to play our hearts. We aren’t […]

This week we went to buy school supplies to go in backpacks to be distributed through the food bank Nancy volunteers with. There was a list: 100 of these things, 14 of that thing, a dozen of that thing. When I looked at the list, the location of all the things made sense. I found […]

Tuesday afternoon, I took a scrap piece of aluminum siding and turned it into a corner cap to replace the one that disappeared when a crew was stabilizing our foundation a couple months back. The corner caps are hard to find and I couldn’t see how to buy just one. I realized that I had […]

Rich Dixon on the value of being helpful without details: +++ A friend asks a worthwhile question. “Can we communicate with the kids at the Home of Hope and get updates? Also, is there any way to follow those who have graduated and moved on? It would be interesting to know what they have done, […]

Dorcas died unexpectedly. Lacking medical options and having heard stories, a couple members of the small faith community went to a nearby town where Peter was staying. They asked him to come to her. He came, he prayed, he told her to get up. And she did. We focus on the healing part, wanting people […]