I never planned to be a chaplain. I never trained for it in the ways that people are supposed to train. I never anticipated it. But in January 2016, I applied for an on-call position. I interviewed. I was hired to start training on February 8. Here are some of things I’ve learned since then. […]

Mrs. Black was the receptionist at the office where I first worked. She was older, though I realize that she was probably younger than I am now. Sometimes in those informal conversations that happen in offices, you know, the ones where there is a little bit of gossip, a little bit of opinion, Mrs. Black […]

God. We come to you today aware that we are not perfect. We hate to say that out loud, not because we think we are perfect, we know we are not.But when we say it out loud, we are a little afraid that you or someone else will say, “It’s about time you noticed.”And will […]

“What do you want to keep doing?”“What do you want to start doing?”“What do you want to stop doing?” Three questions from Jon Acuff’s Instagram account the other day, three questions to ask moving into a new month. For those of us who started doing things at the beginning of the new year, those are […]

Rich Dixon finishes the first week of his ride. +++ A reflection about last week’s post, to finally complete the first week of our 1500-mile ride: I won’t romanticize 35 years of paralysis; being confined to a wheelchair stinks. It’s painful and frustrating. I believe God can heal my injury. I’m NOT thankful for the […]