Rich Dixon is looking for the heart. +++ I love baseball – one of my fondest teenage memories was a trip to see Mickey Mantle and my beloved Yankees in old Yankee Stadium. Recently I listened as a manager analyzed a struggling player. “He’s too focused on results.” Wait. He’s a big-league ballplayer, paid handsomely […]

“Do not be afraid.” The words before this, though they are not part of our reading today, are worth reading. “Seek God’s kingdom and all these things will be added to you. Do not be afraid, little flock, for your father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.” What delightful and amazing and amusing […]

I knock on the door before I walk into hospital rooms. Often when I knock, the people in the room look up with anticipation. Family members stand up. Sometimes they say, “Doctor.” They have been waiting for news, sometimes for hours. As soon as they see someone older, not in a uniform, they assume that […]

God- We know that this life we see is not all there is. We read that in the Bible. We hear that from our friends. We believe it most of the time. We want to have confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. There is what we see […]

It’s not that the farmer was being judged with death for thinking about keeping everything and retiring. Not at all. It’s that his death was going to show the folly of his choices. Here’s the heart of the story: God doesn’t say, “You are dying because of stuff.” He’s saying that more stuff doesn’t keep […]