Rich Dixon reminds me of my own words in a helpful way. +++ Jon said something last week that I found comforting and reassuring. Jesus doesn’t say, “Don’t have a picnic, give your food to the foodbank.” We might think that would be the best use of resources. Instead, Jesus says, have your parties, your […]

Nancy sneezed. I was in my downstairs office, she was in her upstairs office. And I heard her sneeze in the quiet of the house. “Bless you,” I said via Facebook Messenger. (I’m not going to holler it.) And then I asked her for a word. “Bless you,” she answered via Facebook Messenger. We do […]

I hear the question often. “God must have kept me alive for a reason. I wonder why?” I talked about it yesterday, in fact.  A coworker had a major medical event. Eventually she recovered and went back to work. I said, “What if your reason is to be an even more effective, even more compassionate […]

God. You know us. You know all about us. You make us inside and out. You are completely aware of the things we are good at and the things we struggle with. You are aware of the things that annoy us about ourselves. You are aware of our insecurities and our anxieties, our adequacies and […]

On May 9, 2018, Rev. Kent Green was ordained as a minister in the Missionary Church. Kent serves as a chaplain in a hospital, Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The text he chose to be read that night was Philippians 2:1 to 18. Kent asked me to bring the message for his […]