BV Hope

Rich Dixon is back. +++ BV Hope is a group of women from Buena Vista, Colorado, who decided to do something about sex trafficking. They heard about our 2017 MOUNTAIN TOUR and insisted we stop in Buena Vista. Geographically, Buena Vista just didn’t “fit” as an overnight stop. The compromise: we agreed to stop for […]

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Love that draws us in

(Continued from yesterday) Paul realized that his success had come working against God. Paul realized that God didn’t want his hard work. Paul realized that God wanted him. Relationship with him. Conversation with him. Reconciliation with him. God wanted Paul to know him. To know that the love of God isn’t measured out in scoops […]

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On not being like we think we should be.

I always want to do the perfect sermon. I want to study enough and polish enough. I want to find the right words and the perfect story. I want God to be proud of my work. Or actually, I don’t want God to be mad at me. I don’t want to get in trouble with […]

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A prayer for the fifth Sunday of Lent

God, Can we call you that? Can we start that way?Do we have to say, “Dear God” in order for you to hear us?Or is it “Dear Jesus” or “Dear God Almighty, maker of heaven and earth”? Do we have to tell you everything we have done wrong before we can ask you for something […]

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God knows about failure

I read the parable of the sower in a new way recently. Howard Schultz, the most significant CEO of Starbucks, said that he learned about failure when working as a sales representative for Xerox. His job consisted mostly of making cold sales calls. He faced a massive amount of rejection. Obviously, God used that in […]

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