300 words a day

We spend a lot of time following directions and people and paths. They can get us lost. So our lesson for today is this: Follow the example of Jesus, because our hope knows there is more to life than what we see. Jesus was popular, for a while. We’ve heard stories about crowds and followers […]

God. You and we make promises. Maybe that’s part of what it means to be a person, to make promises to other people. Commitments. Covenants. Agreements. We agree to belong to each other. We agree to belong to teams, to communities, to congregations. We say that we will keep faith. And then we don’t. But […]

It’s Latin. It means “my fault.” It’s what I’m telling a group of students today. I gave the assignment to shoot a video and upload it to the online course. And then to give feedback to other students. It’s my third time through this course. We’ve survived the previous two times. However, this time students […]

As I sat in a church at a concert on Tuesday night, listening to a choir singing Kýrie, eléison, “Lord, have mercy”, I thought, “I need to sometimes offer pictures or songs instead of words, because sometimes words aren’t right.” This stained glass isn’t from that church (It’s from France). And I’m not offering music, […]

Rich Dixon is thinking about help. +++ After nearly 4 decades as a wheelchair user, I’m still uncomfortable accepting help. Weird, I know, because I obviously can’t accomplish some tasks by myself. The FREEDOM TOUR ‘17 team talked through this odd personal quirk. We began by discussing service. Jesus said, “Anyone who wants to be […]