Rich Dixon’s back riding. +++ More about journey and destination. For many reasons, most of our Cape G events didn’t materialize. We met with a great group of kids and enjoyed a wonderful conversation with U.S. Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson. Otherwise, our much-anticipated weekend in Cape Girardeau passed quietly. Dreams aren’t efficient, adventures aren’t preplanned […]

Did you know that this blog started back in 2009? For the first year, I wrote through the book of Matthew. Eventually, I gathered the posts on Matthew 5-7, which we know as the sermon on the mount, into an ebook. (Learning a New Routine:  Reading the Sermon on the Mount a little bit at […]

We’re home from our trip, Nancy and I, but I’m not ready to start writing. I’ll be back tomorrow. Thanks.

God. We read that you are gracious and merciful.We read that you are slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.And that doesn’t fit, exactly, with what many of us think. We are used to hearing about getting things right, or you’ll be mad.We are used to telling ourselves that we better be careful and […]

It’s almost over. Our week away seeing some places and people we care about is turning into just a couple more days. I could spend today being sad about having to head back. Or I could do something else. And laugh. I’ll try laughing today.