About Faith

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 […]

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A prayer for the third Sunday of Advent

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 […]

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When a hat means love.

What’s the most fearlessly helpful thing I can tell you this morning? “Love you.” Here’s a story of how a friend said that to me. +++ When we started visiting Maine years ago, I tried Moxie. And am one of those people who likes it. When we started needing masks at work (and our loved […]

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By the way you love people.

“When the platform is free, you are the product.”  Every time Nancy says something about the irrational or illogical responses that people make to posts on Facebook, I remind her of that truth. When seemingly random videos show up in my Instagram feed, I remind myself.  The other day, though, I watched one of those videos […]

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