They died less than an hour apart in the same hospital. I’d met one, I’d never heard of the other. One death was sudden, one was not surprising. As I talked with their families, I learned that each had loved and was deeply loved. And their lives were remarkably different. You have to take my […]

The man was dying. Not actively, as we say when we are confident that death will come in less than hundreds of minutes. We were talking. The dying wasn’t as quickly as he wanted. He was thirsty. The medication and the pain were drying his mouth. He gestured with his head to a plastic cup […]

Rich Dixon is thinking. +++ I’ve been pondering this idea: Faith is not a synonym for belief.Faith is the trust behind our beliefs AND our doubts. It took me a while to realize my faith is constant, but my beliefs tend to shift and grow. And I certainly have all sorts of doubts and questions […]

Feel free to plagiarize this today: Hey friend/Sue/sister/Jim/dude- You’ve been on my mind this week/last night/for the past month. It’s been about a month/year/decade since your dad died/since you changed jobs/ since we last talked/ since you set out on that cool quest/since you gave up on that quest that was killing you. I’ve been […]

God of heaven and earth,we know that we want joyand are called to rejoiceand are offered examples of rejoicing. God of heaven and earth,we know that we have fatigueand wander into uncertaintyand see examples of pain and struggle. Today we light a candle called joy.we ask you to use its lightto help us see you […]