A prayer for the sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

God. It’s been a long week. We know that it’s been exactly the same 168 hours that every week has, but you know that the feeling of time is different than the counting of time. You know that minutes spent waiting for answers are longer than days spent living with the answers. Paul talks about […]

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The Barrett Clan

Rich Dixon invites us to meet some friends: +++ This photo is the Barrett family on the day of the FREEDOM TOUR CLASSIC. Jon & Jennifer invited this entire group – kids, mom & dad, brother, nieces & nephews – to travel from Springfield, Missouri to join us. They ranged in age from Jon’s parents […]

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Grandpa John.

I always sit on one end of the sofa. Last week, across a couple days, I ended up taking three photos of coffee cups while I was sitting in that spot. Three different photos. One with tea, one with coffee, one with decaf. I think I took naps after two of those cups. I’m becoming […]

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An awareness of will.

I was asking Paul one day how to pray for other people: “What do I ask God for on behalf of other people?” He didn’t answer. Not exactly. But he did write a letter to a group of people that he was praying for. And he told them what he was asking; “I’m asking God […]

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A prayer for the 15th Sunday in ordinary time.

God. We need rest. Not sleep, not distraction, not medication, not relief. We need rest. We hear you say, Jesus, “Come to me all you who are weary and burdened and I will give you rest.” We long for rest, but we confess, we’re not sure we can come with our burdens. We confess. We […]

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