300 words a day

Some things we clearly remember. Or at least, given the unreliability of memory, we think we remember. We retell stories of what we were doing, where we were, what happened. It happens with the sudden traumatic death of thousands. It happens with the death of individuals.  We tell the stories to keep the memory alive, […]

Many new parents keep the ink and skin prints of their infant child’s hands and feet. Often, in some craft project in school or scouts or Sunday school, hands are captured in plaster, with “happy mother’s day” scratched above in a font named “indecipherable.” I understand. We probably have one or the other around, too. […]

Rich Dixon invites us to consider what we get to live. +++ There are 5 Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke John, and your daily life. A reminder that others pay more attention to our actions than our words. I suspect we’ve all known people who had incredible Bible knowledge and could speak deeply on any topic in […]

You and I are getting consumed with drama. It’s making us more and more anxious. I could use my academic analysis skills to help us see behind the curtain. We talk about people in the public eye as if they are people the same way the person next door is a people. We forget that […]

Jim was a young adult when his dad died suddenly. He has supported his mom. He’s working on his own life. But I as I was thinking about him this morning, I realized that there is a gap. It’s not the very real gap of not having a dad. I sometimes see the sense of loss when […]