Jesus left Capernaum, his adopted hometown on the north edge of the Sea of Galilee. He headed about 50 miles north. He did this from time to time to get time alone with his disciples. He wanted to be able to teach them without constant arguments with the religious leaders. Without constant interruptions from the […]

God. We have always struggled to get along with each other. If “we” means humans. And “always” means since there have been humans. And “struggled” means argued with and betrayed and preferred and killed and judged and mocked and enslaved and trafficked and dominated and envied. And “get along with” means valued and encouraged and […]

On Sunday, in a class I’m teaching, I’m having the students start a time audit, where you record what you are doing for a week, in one-hour chunks. I almost suggested it for you. Instead, here are a couple reflections about time. +++ “I don’t have time for that” can be a powerful time management […]

Have I talked about this with you? Growing up, being part of churches that talk about making disciples, I heard a lot about the last few sentences of the Gospel of Matthew. Jesus tells his disciples, the eleven, to go and make disciples. Or as they are going, to make disciples. We’ve had conversations about […]

Rich Dixon is pushing on. +++ Our weekend in Cape Girardeau marked the beginning of Week 6. Closer now to end than beginning, I began to look back for patterns and lessons. In a church service we attended earlier in the ride, the pastor spoke about these words from James: Now listen, you who say, “Today […]