“I did everything I could. But it wasn’t enough.” I talk to nurses these days. ICU nurses work and care and listen and do as well they possibly can. It’s what nurses do. Some days, they make no mistakes, they offer remarkable care to patients and their families, they do everything they and the physicians […]

God. We read about miracles in the Bible. People healed. People fed. Water turned into wine. We want those kinds of miracles. Because people are sick. People are hungry. We’d just love to have a great celebration. We don’t see those miracles. Maybe we could help people out. Offer them courage. Offer them opportunities.Maybe we […]

“There is no shame in not leaping from a plane. There is no shame in delivering a good batch of non-gourmet chocolate chip cookies.” I wrote those sentences on January 2, 2014. I was thinking about writing a manifesto, a battle cry of belief. A manifesto is an answer to the question posed on the […]

Thomas Dorsey was not home when his son was born. He was not home when his wife died after the birth of their son and when their son died the next day. He was away from home to speak and sing, when he got the telegram. It was 1932. He came home with the grief, […]

Rich Dixon on thinking about focus: +++ Continuing last week’s reflection on Falling And Numbers… What’s your memory of President Jimmy Carter? A political leader? The Carter Center? His unending work for peace? For me, the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions President Carter is Habitat for Humanity. I wonder what made […]