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Jews and Samaritans fundamentally disagreed about theology and practical ways to live it out. But near one town at the border between the two groups was found a group of 10 men that everyone was against. They were, the text of Luke 17 tells us, “lepers.” It means they had one of a variety of […]

May I be a little vulnerable? I don’t like Bible stories about healing.  I’m a hospital chaplain, after all. And I see people who aren’t restored to physical health. And often, as the “official” spiritual person in the room, I can’t simply speak and have them get well, the way that Jesus could. I’d love […]

Rich Dixon is back, thinking about questions. +++ The Freedom Tour 2017 team spent a second night discussing storms and a well-known passage, Hebrews 12: 1-3. Opening question: in the context of our conversation about storms, what’s the writer’s main point? I’ll let you ponder that one. Here’s an idea that came up in our […]

So, I was looking at Psalm 1 for our chapel on Sunday. I’ve looked at it for years. I wrote a paraphrase of it. And I was thinking about sharing it here. And I hesitated. Because I’ve spent time in the comments sections. And I’ve spent time with people. The words of the psalm may […]

Her name and her backstory are lost. There’s speculation, of course. There is always speculation about the things we don’t know from things we read in the Bible. What we know is that people who were threatened by what Jesus was saying and doing were trying to stop him. The religious leaders were trying to […]