300 words a day

I am confident in my ability to pronounce big words when reading them. Not medical words, of course, or words from other languages. But simple big words, like irrevocable. (Contemplative, obstreperous, and ineffable are other words in this category for me.) So imagine my surprise on Sunday morning when I was reading our text in […]

Here’s Rich Dixon: +++ Still seeking patterns – I soon understood that training isn’t the same as the real thing. When I ride at home, it’s too easy to shorten a ride when I’m tired, avoid the tough hills when I’m struggling, adjust my route to accommodate the wind. I can skip a bad-weather day. […]

Abraham was called by God so that everyone would find out what can happen to everyone when God offers hope and help and forgiveness. Even a wandering shepherd, like Abraham, can be picked by God and used by God and shaped by God and loved by God. And so, when Jesus says, “I was sent […]

Jesus left Capernaum, his adopted hometown on the north edge of the Sea of Galilee. He headed about 50 miles north. He did this from time to time to get time alone with his disciples. He wanted to be able to teach them without constant arguments with the religious leaders. Without constant interruptions from the […]

God. We have always struggled to get along with each other. If “we” means humans. And “always” means since there have been humans. And “struggled” means argued with and betrayed and preferred and killed and judged and mocked and enslaved and trafficked and dominated and envied. And “get along with” means valued and encouraged and […]