300 words a day

Rich Dixon reminds us of process. +++ During our conversation about trajectories and interruptions, Becky reminded us of “300 TOUCHES.” 300 TOUCHES is the notion that most folks require multiple interactions before they finally drop their defenses, before they are willing to truly listen, before they open their hearts. Nothing special about the number 300 […]

More than a decade ago, I started thinking about what we could give up for Lent. Or better, what we could move toward. The list turned into Lent for Non-Lent People: 33 things to give up for Lent and other readings. I’m grateful for the people who have found that book helpful. I decided that it might […]

Jesus went up on the mountain, away from the crowds. He’s on a wandering journey, keeping the disciples away from Jerusalem, away from the people who might want to kill him. He’s training the disciples, teaching them how to open the things he’s commanding. And on this day, he takes Peter and James and John […]

God. Most of us don’t glow. We talk to you, sometimes, with grief and questions,with confidence and confusion,with hopes and fears for ourselves and others. When we say amen and turn to the people near us,we don’t need to put a mask over our face to keep them from being blinded. We seldom look in […]

Next Wednesday is Ash Wednesday. It’s the start of the season of Lent. Maybe the things that go into Lent–-the practices of giving up food or technology, the practices of prayer more often or solitude or silence, the practices of eating together–those things are acts of clearing space in our hearts so we can listen […]