Rich Dixon is back. Last time we talked about peacemaking based on one of the Beatitudes: Blessed are the peacemakers,    for they will be called children of God. I’ve learned it’s important to read scripture in context rather than cherry picking a specific verse that happens to fit my agenda. Jesus probably didn’t offer these ideas randomly, so […]

God. We are not quite ready to despair, most of us.  But some moments we come close. We come close to simply running out.  Our bodies run out. Our courage runs out. Our creativity runs out. Our love, our patience, our forgiveness. We are running out.  And there is almost nothing we read or watch […]

Rich Dixon is here again. +++ Blessed are the peacemakers – we recognize it as one of the Beatitudes, we’ve heard and read it many times. Until recently, I didn’t understand what it truly meant, or how difficult authentic peacemaking might be. I always thought peacemaking meant stopping war. Until someone pointed out that brothels […]

You may have read these words at thisishard.substack.com. I thought they may be helpful here, too. +++ Nancy and I go to Paradise (a town in Michigan) every year or two in October. It’s a short trip between hospital Tuesdays and hospital Sundays. But it’s important to us. This year, we took a friend along. […]

God. We are weary and worried and wishful. We are weary from all the voices and all the choices and all the things that break.We are worried from all the stories of what might go wrong and who might go wrong.We are wishful for escape and order and answers. We’re not sure whether it helps […]