300 words a day

So what do we do? If we’ve been given our standing in the kingdom, our place. If we don’t have to worry about making God happy enough to love us, being strong enough to fight our way in, being amazing enough to earn our way in, if we don’t have to worry about all that […]

Rich Dixon is looking for the heart. +++ I love baseball – one of my fondest teenage memories was a trip to see Mickey Mantle and my beloved Yankees in old Yankee Stadium. Recently I listened as a manager analyzed a struggling player. “He’s too focused on results.” Wait. He’s a big-league ballplayer, paid handsomely […]

“Do not be afraid.” The words before this, though they are not part of our reading today, are worth reading. “Seek God’s kingdom and all these things will be added to you. Do not be afraid, little flock, for your father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.” What delightful and amazing and amusing […]

I knock on the door before I walk into hospital rooms. Often when I knock, the people in the room look up with anticipation. Family members stand up. Sometimes they say, “Doctor.” They have been waiting for news, sometimes for hours. As soon as they see someone older, not in a uniform, they assume that […]

God- We know that this life we see is not all there is. We read that in the Bible. We hear that from our friends. We believe it most of the time. We want to have confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. There is what we see […]