God. We come to you today not wanting to inconvenience you. Like Ahaz, we do not want to ask you for the wrong amount of anything,The impossible to reach, the open-handed generosity you offer. We believe we are polite. We believe we do not deserve much, your humble obedient servants. But what we call respect […]

(Starting where I left off yesterday) I need to be honest. That’s not the kind of ending to that story that we want. What we want is to have Jesus say, “And tell John that his faith will make him whole.” Or “Tell John that the chains will fall off.” Or “Tell John ‘God’s got […]

John, (known as the baptizer) shows up in the Christmas prequel. And then in the prequel to Jesus’ public ministry. And then he gets locked up for speaking truth to power. Messengers from John, in prison, come to Jesus. “Are you the one or should we look for someone else?” It’s easy for us to […]

More from Rich Dixon: Today, an inspirational goal confronts the effort required to achieve it. I believe the 1,000-mile goal was an answer to prayer, but He didn’t make it easy. It seems like Jesus often places answers within our reach and offers to journey with us as we move toward them. After so many […]

So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. Luke 2:16-18 We missed a […]