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God. We tell you all the time what we want from you. We tell you all the time what we will do for you to get it. We tell you all the time what it means that you aren’t doing what we want you to do after we’ve told you what we are going to […]

Nancy and I were sitting on the sofa the other night, looking at social media streams on our respective iPads. It’s what we do for part of our time. After I had showed her a couple things that made me laugh, and she showed me a couple. I said, “I’m so grateful for ___ and […]

A bunch of guys, sitting around a campfire, laughing with Jesus. That’s what it was like. Or a group of women and men sitting on a hillside, trying to figure out what the truly good life looks like, with Jesus offering counsel, providing examples, challenging assumptions. We make being a disciple really complicated. So complicated […]

Rich Dixon continues his story: +++ Last time I talked about the rearview mirror. I promised a recap of the view, minus the temptation to relive the glory days. For context, I should tell you my injury occurred at age 36. When I badgered my neurosurgeon for a prognosis, he told me I wasn’t likely […]

Esther is a campfire story. That’s what I realized several years ago. Here’s a taste of reading that way. It’s summer. Time for a campfire story. A dozen people, from different families, from little kids to grandparents. The s’mores are done. The fire has settled into a quiet flickering. And someone from across the circle […]