When we went to Germany last year, we took our family birthday banner. I wanted for Andrew to be able to celebrate her birthday with his mom, even though it was a couple days early. None of us remember where the banner came from, when it first appeared. I’m the keeper of the banner. It […]

Maybe the things that go into Lent–the practices giving up food or technology, the practices of prayer more often or solitude or silence, the practices of eating together, those things are clearing space in our hearts so we can listen and attend. Consider one of these exercises over the next few days: Simply ask yourself, […]

Rich Dixon is back on the road. +++ In La Crosse, Wisconsin, we attracted significant media attention – television, radio, newspaper. Lots of people recognized the bike and the trailer. And God was at work beyond our understanding. This is what the kingdom of God is like. A man scatters seed on the ground. Night […]

Jesus had been in disguise, sort of. He had fit with all their understanding of what a messiah should be. Jesus was the kind of hero they were comfortable with. Looked like them, was from where they were from, and yet was so much different. Before they could say anything about the glory, more people […]

“Let’s go for a walk,” Jesus said. And he headed toward a tall hill in the northern part of Israel. Not mountains like the Rockies, but not with a paved path running 2/3s of the way to the top. It took concentration to follow Jesus up the rocks. Peter was the first one up, followed […]