Nonsensical Peace

(This was first published October 29, 2010 but the video is new) God gives peace at moments that make no sense. At times when by every right, everything emotionally should be cascading in, there can be peace. Not a denial, but an acknowledgment that yes, indeed, there is cancer, but God has a clue. Not a […]

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Today

I’m writing this yesterday afternoon. By the time you read this, sometime on June 13 or after, your world – and mine – may be very different places than they are as I am writing this. It’s a Sunday afternoon. Some friends of mine are graduating from high school. My mother is preparing to celebrate her […]

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Rich Dixon rolls.

This post is a little long. And a little different. Rich needs eyes on a video. I want to help. Here’s our interview. The video is near the end. It’s followed by a chance to get a couple books. Thanks for your help. 1. How does watching a video give people water?  Invacare/TopEnd sponsors the […]

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When a friend flounders.

(This is a guest post from my friend Rich Dixon.) What do you do when a friend’s floundering? I know … you listen, except sometimes you can’t. You pray, and you want desperately to believe it helps, but it feels distant and invisible and you want something here-and-now. You ask if there’s anything you can […]

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But I want to solve the problem.

I’m reading The Contemplative Pastor. Again. (I wrote about it before.) Eugene Peterson says that pastors ought to be less concerned with running the church and more concerned with “the cure of souls.” He says that one of the things that messes us up, pastors that is, is that we start looking at situations as […]

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