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The good news this Easter morning is NOT that all illness is abolished, that everything we ask for will happen. And I understand the people who say, “If I pray and God doesn’t fix things, I’m not going to trust God.” I understand that feeling. But I’m not going to let you believe that your […]

A hospital Easter: Part one A hospital Easter: Why are you crying? “Why are you crying?” the angels ask. THEY know that there is no reason for sad tears, they know the whole story. But Mary doesn’t. With the single-minded focus of a grieving person on a mission, she has one question. Where is his […]

Rich Dixon starts a new ride. +++ Before we began FREEDOM TOUR 2018, I shared this excerpt from RICH’S RIDE with my teammates. + + + The long road to “amazing” usually begins at “crazy.” Initially, I just wanted to go for a bike ride. I didn’t imagine a website or a blog. I didn’t […]

Continued from yesterday. +++ On Sunday morning, as early as she could she went out to the graveside. Mary M and some of the other women were going to do what women in some cultures still do: clean the body, pack spices around it, wrap it up carefully, wrap it up right. When Mary got […]

I’ll admit it. Easter is often hard in the hospital. We hear about the hope of the resurrection, that Jesus rose victorious over the grave, that we have life because he does. But we are in a building that exists because death still exists. Cancer still lives inside these walls. Accidents happen elsewhere and come […]