300 words a day

If you read yesterday’s post, “Internal Conflict“, you know the cycling project that Rich and Becky Dixon lead has been disrupted this year. After reading Rich’s post before I scheduled it for you, I thought that I would love to write a fundraising appeal for my friend Rich. Actually, not for Rich but for the […]

Rich Dixon is pretty honest about what goes on in his head. +++ As the guy who’s supposed to “lead” the FREEDOM TOUR, my last few months have felt a bit conflicted. It started in December when we discovered, just as we were ready to launch, that we had to completely alter our traditional one-day […]

I went for a long walk. Not because of needing to cool off from an angry moment, or needing to get somewhere because the car broke. I walked just to get a long walk. As I was getting near the end, I moved from the paved trail to cut across the campus. I realized that, […]

The other day, our neighbor down the street was helping our neighbor next door shred branches that had fallen in the wind. And they were cutting up some other brush. Even suburban houses have seeds that turn into unwanted trees, and old trees that shed branches in the wind.  Ben’s three. Ben likes to help. […]

God- We want someone to say, “Come.” To invite us in as if we are expected and wanted and welcome. After a long journey, after a hard night’s work, after a fight, after a big, complicated celebration, we want to be welcomed. We are thirsty from the desert of surgery and chemo, the desert of […]