Rich Dixon has thought a bit about risk. +++ Road cycling is risky. Public highways, distracted drivers. Descending steep mountain passes. If you seek absolute safety, a bike tour probably isn’t for you. Our FREEDOM TOUR 2017 team examined the intersection of risk and faith. To prepare for the discussion, we read Ecclesiastes 10: 8-9, […]

It was a typically unpredictable couple of days at the hospital. Almost all of what I do as a staff chaplain is unscheduled. We are at the mercy of the pager and the phone. And the strokes and heart attacks and accidents and illnesses. And yet, in all this unpredictability, I have conversations that I […]

God. We think of you often as angry, and we want to think of you as loving.We think of you as loving, and we want to think of you as non-judgmental.We think of you as non-judgmental, and we want to think of you as, well, as shallowly nice. We read texts that talk about your […]

“What do I do for 300 for Friday?” I asked Nancy. She walked into my office from her desk in the family room. “Spring,” she said. “Green grass. The verse I shared on Facebook today.” Nancy has put Bible verses in emails to a small group of friends or to family. As she’s reading every […]