Inspiration And Hope

Rich Dixon is reflecting again. +++ Last time, I said I didn’t necessarily want to be the center of an inspirational story. Then, I met the mother of a former student who told me she was inspired by the story of RELENTLESS GRACE. And this week I received a call from a guy who hosts […]

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Lord’s Prayer: Enough for today (Matthew 6:11)

Sometimes context doesn’t seem to matter. Things seem clear at face value. Like a request for bread. What could be more simple? “Give me food today. (Please).” For the people hearing this model prayer from Jesus for the first time, the request was only partly about the future or about today. It had everything to […]

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Lord’s Prayer: Your kingdom (Matthew 6:10)

There are many debates about what the kingdom of heaven means in Matthew, about when it starts, about what Jesus means when he says “Repent because the Kingdom is at hand.” I wonder why we wonder so much? Why do we care so much about having exactly the right interpretation? Is it because we want […]

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A prayer for the fourth Sunday after the Epiphany

God- Some of us feel foolish all the time. We feel insecure and powerless and overwhelmed. We’re just looking for things to make sense. We’re just looking for someone to trust. We’re just looking for a sign from you. And you know we’d do just about anything to get your help. We’d do just about […]

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