God. It seems like your people are always in trouble. Sometimes it’s because we get in trouble. Sometimes it’s because troubled times get us. We are always looking for a leader to get us out of trouble, so we can go back to normal because we want to be safe. And have peace. Someone like […]

Jesus went out of the house, away by himself, early in the morning. The disciples went looking for him. They wanted him to come back. There were sick people outside Peter’s house, waiting to be healed. He said, “We’re going to other villages. I need to go preach there.” I’ve always had this picture in […]

On Monday, I mentioned that I did a wedding ceremony over the weekend. I chose the reading from Colossians because it talks about how we live once we understand that we are chosen. And I decided to share a bit of my wedding reflection here. +++ When we’re dating or when we’re trying to figure […]

Rich Dixon is back. +++ We need to pause a bit in Jackson, Mississippi. By the time we reached Jackson, we’d learned that we couldn’t script the important encounters. Still, I wasn’t prepared for what happened at historic Galloway United Methodist Church in the heart of downtown Jackson. My cousin Rachel arranged for me to […]

Yesterday, I asked you the best thing that’s happened in the last day or two. I actually find that question hard. It feels like a competition with my brain to figure out THE best. So you can change it. What are a couple things that were bright spots, that gave you a bit of courage, […]