300 words a day

God. In times when we cannot find words, from fatigue or illness or whatever, your attentiveness to us doesn’t depend on our articulateness or clarity or creativity. Your attentiveness rests in your love for us. For which I am grateful today. Amen.

I started a newsletter last year called, “Finding Words in Hard Times”. It’s a collection of resources for people trying to figure out what to say when things are rough, particularly around grief and hospitals. You can read past issues and sign up. I’ve got a new issue coming out next week, the first of […]

If you know Godspell, you know Psalm 103. It’s a great musical treatment. It wakes you up on a sleepy afternoon. (Here’s the Broadway cast). The psalm starts “Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me bless his holy name. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all all his benefits. […]

Rich Dixon keeps us on his journey +++ Elk River Day – end of Week 1, and Kelley, the first person on Dick Foth’s list. God reminded me: the ride was His story. Bike riding was background. As I cranked through Minnesota forests, He arranged appointments. Weeks earlier, in a draft itinerary, our friend Kathleen […]

Last week, we acknowledged the baptism of Jesus. John hesitated, but Jesus quietly insisted. And so John baptized Jesus in the Jordan river. And then Jesus disappeared into the wilderness. He spent at least forty days there, fasting and then being tempted by the enemy of our souls. At the end of that time, he […]