300 words a day

On my run the other day, I watched parents watching kids waiting for the bus on the first day of school.  Standing on the front step a block from the bus stop. Or getting the last photo as the bus comes around the corner. I remember the anxiousness and the relief and the excitement on […]

Here’s another post from the far distant past. Both in my writing, and in the life of Jesus. (Matthew 5:11-12) Jesus is clear, though, right from the beginning paragraphs of this sermon, that the new routine will hurt. Not the pain of working muscles that haven’t been used for awhile, though that is certainly true. […]

Rich Dixon’s back riding. +++ More about journey and destination. For many reasons, most of our Cape G events didn’t materialize. We met with a great group of kids and enjoyed a wonderful conversation with U.S. Congresswoman Jo Ann Emerson. Otherwise, our much-anticipated weekend in Cape Girardeau passed quietly. Dreams aren’t efficient, adventures aren’t preplanned […]

Did you know that this blog started back in 2009? For the first year, I wrote through the book of Matthew. Eventually, I gathered the posts on Matthew 5-7, which we know as the sermon on the mount, into an ebook. (Learning a New Routine:  Reading the Sermon on the Mount a little bit at […]

We’re home from our trip, Nancy and I, but I’m not ready to start writing. I’ll be back tomorrow. Thanks.