This is part three of a reflection from Genesis 27-28. Here are Part One and Part Two) Observation Two: God knows us, inside and out. God knows us and even with that knowledge, loves us. Because of his goodness, not ours. But here’s the mistake we make. We think we need to keep a surface goodness, and try to impress […]

Rich Dixon is still out riding. But he sent us this: The evening after my pregame conversation with the soccer players, music blared as I watched the familiar commotion of teenagers entering an old warehouse. +++ These young people arrived mostly by bus from low-income housing projects. The youth center director told me nearly every […]

Back to our story about Jacob. He fell asleep. And he had a dream. More real than any dream. He fell asleep. And he had a dream. More real than any dream ever. When he talked about it later, he said that there was a ladder. That he saw angels moving between God and him. And […]

It was a rough evening for Jacob. He was on the road from his home in Beersheba to the town where his mom grew up, to see family he had never known. He was about 80 miles into a 600-mile journey.  And though he was in his forties, my guess is that he was telling […]

God. Family is hard. Jacob lied to his dad, he embezzled from his brother, he played favorites with his mom. And that’s a biblical family. That’s a family that you put in the middle of your plans and promises. Just about every family we read about has tension and trouble. Just about every family we […]