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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 […]

by Jon Swanson

Finding that face that loves to see you.

The woman was pregnant. She was thrilled. The pregnancy was, to say the least, unexpected. She had been abstinent, so abstinent that there was no possibility. None. The only thing that she could attribute this baby to was what the angel had told her: “The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the […]

by Jon Swanson

a quick way to actually love your neighbor as you would like to be loved.

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 […]

by Jon Swanson

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 […]

by Jon Swanson

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 […]