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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 […]

God. It’s Father’s Day. At least in the United States. And you know more than anyone how confusing that is. How much misunderstanding and frustrated expectation there is on every side. How much gratitude and repentance and forgiveness there could be on every side. And so we ask for your help. That’s all. I could […]

Rich Dixon and the team are riding tomorrow as part of supporting the kids. +++ Whenever I write about justice, the same question arises. “Setting things right sounds good, but what about the traffickers? Don’t they need to be held accountable?” When people break the law, society ought to hold them accountable. Due to corruption, […]

Rich Dixon is getting ready to ride this weekend! +++ Last time, Jon said I read Nehemiah. A secret? I think I learn more from Jon’s conversations with Nehemiah. Anyway, last Thursday Jon listed the final two steps in Nehemiah’s preparation to rebuild the walls. 4. A specific plan of how to proceed. 5. A […]

God. We often want a king. We tell you we want a king to lead us and go out before us and fight our battles. We tell you that you are nice, but we can’t see you. And because we can’t see you, we aren’t sure how much we can trust you. So we want […]