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Rich Dixon on releasing. +++ I spoke recently to some folks about an important principle. Don’t cling to a mistake just because you spent a long time making it. I probably should have added “a long time – or a lot of money or emotional energy – making it.” In business, these sorts of mistakes […]

 I am more introverted than not. The idea of inviting in a friend is hard enough. Inviting in a stranger is a really big deal. And yet Jesus puts welcoming strangers, offering hospitality, on his list of things that matter to the king: “I was a stranger and you invited me in.” As he was telling his […]

At least twice, after teaching people, Jesus fed people. He talked with his disciples, asked what they had available, and distributed it. And in the process of distribution, there was enough food to feed the crowd and to feed the disciples. The disciples themselves were depending on the support of their friends and families. They […]

God. We know so much about so many things. Your word is a lamp for my feet, a light on my path. Or better, we know so much speculation about so many things. We read opinions about opinions about opinions. We listen to frustration about fear about what ends up being false. Your word is a lamp for […]

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: […]