One last story from Rich Dixon about the ride where we first met. +++ Last time, a “random” encounter – Jesus wasn’t finished using our ride. The brawny man and his two sisters saw our trailer. While I used the hospital restroom, they asked Becky to tell them about “Hope on Wheels.” I joined them […]

We’re walking through a series of reflections on Mark 1:29-39. (Part one was yesterday.) Did he heal everyone who was sick in the town? Maybe. Capernaum was a town of maybe 1500 people. The text said that the whole town showed up, all the sick and demon-possessed, and that many people were healed. The people […]

The Gospel text for this Sunday was Mark 1:29-39. I decided to share some of my reflections on that text over the next few days. +++ I gotta tell you. This particular story about Jesus healing people is one of the hardest stories for a hospital chaplain. It raises questions about “why not me?” that […]

God. We started our time together today telling each other “how good it is to sing praises to our God, how pleasant and fitting to praise him!” It may be good. But it is often hard. We struggle with praises when we are unsure where the money is coming from for this bill. We struggle […]

More notes from a chapel message from the fourth Sunday after the Epiphany. For the first part, see “People are real.” +++ Here’s the next principle that Paul offers: Knowledge puffs up while love builds up. Paul’s not talking about a debate between truth and love. He’s saying that sometimes we think we know more […]