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That’s what we think in really hard and lonely moments. If Jesus would appear and sit with us and fix things, we’d be happy. We wouldn’t be lonely.We wouldn’t be scared.We wouldn’t be sick, maybe, or our loved one wouldn’t die.We’d know the right things to do.We’d know he isn’t mad at us. It’s not […]

God. Peter and John walked on the temple grounds and told a man to get up and walk. I would love that. To walk along the hospital hall, to step into a room, to say “get up and walk.” Or to say, “Cancer, go away” or “Broken heart, be made whole” or even “Peace be […]

Respite is a break, a short break, from hard work. When we are caring for someone, and we need a break, and someone else provides care for a bit, that’s a respite. The work still needs to be done. But the people involved need a break. Sabbath is a kind of respite. A nap is […]

We’re about 40 days from Pentecost Sunday. That’s the day that the church celebrates the consistent, persistent, whispering, rushing arrival of the Holy Spirit. But when Nancy gave me the word “wind” for today’s post, I was happy to jump ahead of the liturgical calendar. (Actually, she gave me this word six years ago, but […]

Rich Dixon is learning all the time. +++ I promised a field trip – our leaders arranged a guided tour of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Museum. Cincinnati was a major stop on the “Underground Railroad” that helped escaped slaves on their dangerous journey north to freedom. Our guide was a soft-spoken Black gentleman whose grandparents […]