God- We are skeptical of kings. We are skeptical of political answers to our problems. But the truth is, we are skeptical about any answers to our problems. Some of us are skeptical about most things. We work and other people win.We pray and people we love are still sick.We love and we are misunderstood.We […]

A 2-oz canister of Play-doh costs about 54 cents. (Less if you buy a case of 48). When I was littler, I worried a lot about keeping the colors separate. Because it would, perhaps, ruin them if you mixed them up. Ben was over last night, playing with Grandma Nancy. He had the black Play-doh, which […]

Paul knew the words Jesus had said about the temple being destroyed and the social upheaval and the natural disasters and the persecution. He lived in the middle of it, even during his lifetime. It’s revealing that he didn’t get caught up in the worry. Instead, he worked hard on his tentmaking and his teaching […]

Rich Dixon is orienting a new pastor. And reorienting us. +++ Our church has a new senior pastor. He told me he’d heard something about a bike ride, and he asked, “What’s the Freedom Tour about?” It would be easy to say it’s about supporting 22 kids in a Home of Hope, providing the nutrition and […]

Jesus and his disciples were walking outside the temple in Jerusalem. It was a pretty remarkable building, 400 by 500 yards. It was still under construction, and had been for 50 years. Someone commented on how remarkable it was. “This isn’t going to last,” Jesus said. “It’s going to be more destroyed than it was […]