Among many things, Nancy makes pies. And they are very good. Growing up, I didn’t like homemade pies nearly as much as I liked store-bought chocolate cream pie with graham cracker crust. Most of the issue was the crust. And then I discovered Nancy’s simple, well-made pie crust and I’m happy to eat pie. As […]

Tonight I’ll be talking about “Surviving the holidays – no matter your loss” here in Fort Wayne. I’m offering six invitations, or permissions. One invitation is “finding gracious community, even if it isn’t biological.” +++ A month ago, we went to the memorial service for Carol Dugan. I first met Carol on the first night […]

Rich Dixon is talking about community. +++ Last time we discussed moving forward from mistakes and struggles, trying to focus on blessings. The question is HOW. I believe the answer, drawn from the story of RELENTLESS GRACE, is community. We were created BY A COMMUNITY (the Trinity) FOR COMMUNITY. There are certainly occasions for solitude, […]

The church building in Hirsau is open all the time. I’m not sure that’s been true for the more than 500 years it’s been here, but it’s true in this season. If you want to sit for a moment, there are the old wood pews on either side of the aisle, two-thirds of the way to […]

I don’t get into the battles of seasonal change. I don’t care about when it’s okay to wear white shoes and white slacks. I don’t care about pumpkin spice, one way or another. I don’t care when you want to put up which kinds of decoration, or when you want to listen to what kind […]