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Hey friend. Lots of younger people write “20 things I’ve learned in 20 years” or “40 things in 40 years.” When you get to 66, the lists get long. The older you get, the less confident you are about what you have actually learned. With Rich writing on Wednesdays, I’ll write my birthday post a […]

The other day at (hospital) work, I reflected on carrying a pager. When we chaplains are working, we carry pagers and respond to the pages. We can never, or at least I can never, plan our days beyond, “If I have a chance, I’ll do that, depending on the pager.” Even when talking with a […]

God. We are confused. People talk about being blessed.That usually means they are getting better, they are getting stronger, they are getting richer, they are getting parking places. We read about David the king becoming more powerful because you were with him.He was blessed. But then we read about Paul who was weak and insulted […]

God. The song writer talks about waiting for you more than watchmen wait for the morning.The song writer asks you to listen for, to pay attention to, our cry for mercy. All we hear are babbling voices of critics and commenters,of condemnation and consumption and comparison. We can barely try to hear you. We desperately […]

God. Sometimes it feels like knowing you is a good thing. We ask you favors, we receive favors, we say we are blessed. But we have to confess that sometimes, knowing you feels rough. We ask you favors, we still are sick. We give up fun, thinking it’s for you, our dad still dies. We […]