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Life gets so noisy sometimes that we forget to look beyond our own thoughts. Others encouraged me to dive into a couple of books… +++ God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life, by Timothy Keller I’m part of a men’s group with my church. It’s an amazing community of people who have become real friends. We intimately […]

Whereas I wrote to some people the other day noting that today is the beginning of the fourth quarter of 2026; Whereas I read on a substack the other day that the first question Jesus asked was, “What do you want?” And the writer wondered how we would answer that question if Jesus asked us. And then took […]

Rich Dixon is thinking about people: +++ Several years ago, I was offered the opportunity to speak to men recovering from addiction. I thought I’d share my amazing story with them. I imagined inspiring them to dream big dreams. Not sure whether any of that occurred. What happened for sure was that spending time with […]

Once upon a time, Jesus turned over tables. Or maybe twice. He walked into the courtyard of the temple, the place where the women and gentiles could go. There were people making change for travelers, people selling doves to those who would rather not bring them from home. And Jesus knocks over the tables. People […]

God. “Why did you bring us here to die?” That’s what the people of Israel asked Moses.That’s what we ask you all the time. “We’re here because you brought us here, and now we’re going to die.” Although usually we mean that things aren’t going our way. You gave us this job, and now the […]