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Eternal Consequences

Rich Dixon is thinking about the riding that happened last week. +++ Dick Foth honored us by speaking during lunch at last week’s FREEDOM TOUR CLASSIC. Dick offered profound wisdom, as he always does, but one thing stood out. He said everything that happened – riding a bike, walking, handing out water, providing directions, setting […]

by Jon Swanson

The next half.

Today is the start of the next half of 2025. I started the day a little early, with a phone call to go to the hospital to help a family in the first minutes after the death of their person. Ten minutes later, I got a call that the family wasn’t going to the hospital. […]

by Jon Swanson

A prayer for the thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

God. We need you. Even when we don’t think we do, we need you. Not so much to fix things, which is what we think we want: fix my relationships, fix my body, fix my car. We don’t so much need to you to do things: move mountains, make miracles, save me. We need you […]

by Jon Swanson

About, caring.

Some friends of mine were caring for another friend who died recently. (People care for other people all the time.) When I was talking with one of those friends, I said, “You all cared about him, not just cared for him.” It was one of those times that I made a note of what I said. […]

by Jon Swanson

Starting new, again.

Some of you remember that I used to post pictures of coffee mugs on Instagram. And I’d write something. For that season, the mug photo was a message to my friend Brian that I had gone for a run that day. It was an act of accountability, I suppose. But it was mostly and acknowledgement […]