God. It’s so easy to lose track. Of our plans, of our direction, of you. One fall, one fracture, one hospital stay, one cold, two bad nights of sleep and the lists we had and the projects we were working toward get lost. It’s hard to keep our quiet routines as our time is tied […]

I’ve spent time in the last couple weeks away from my keyboard. Or longer perhaps. But one of the ways that I think is with my fingers on a keyboard, writing about what’s been happening so that I can understand it a little. And in my best moments, that happens in my study at home, […]

This week’s update from Rich Dixon: +++ From here, the story might easily flow south along The Paul Bunyan Trail and the river. But truly understanding The Dream requires a bit more exploration. And a brief history/geography lesson. Henry Schoolcraft generally gets credit for “discovering” Lake Itasca as the Mississippi River’s source. He even changed […]

Today is All Saints Day in the Church calendar, tomorrow us All Souls Day. The point of these days, which often fold together, is to remember those who have died and to do so in the context of their faith and God’s faithfulness. Hebrews 11 is, for me, a great model of how to remember […]

I drove a U-Haul truck the other day, the 26′ kind. Everything went fine. The backing, the driving at 65 mph. Even when I drove it around town, dropping stuff at a home and at a storage unit. And when I returned it to a different location than I was supposed to, there wasn’t a […]