A prayer for the sixth Sunday after the Epiphany

God. We aren’t very good with choices. It’s hard to choose between the best thing for us and the best thing for others. And then we struggle with deciding between trusting you and trusting ourselves. Forgive our disbelief.Search our hearts and help us know your love.Give us peace to listen to you.Give us discernment to […]

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A deep breath.

A week ago Tuesday, I told you I was taking a breath. Since then, I’ve done a bunch of stuff. And had a cold. In my earlier days of writing here, I probably would have scheduled reruns or kept writing anyway. Anything to avoid silence on this channel. Because, after all, the very name of […]

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The Storm

Rich Dixon is back on the road. +++ Let’s get back to bike tours. During FREEDOM TOUR 2017, our team talked about storms. Jesus said we can expect storms, and spoke about preparing for them. It’s good to know your eternal house will withstand the storm, but earthly storms are still nasty and painful – […]

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A prayer for the fifth Sunday after the Epiphany

God. Isaiah wrote your words in a scroll, more than almost anyone else in the Old Testament.  and those words are quoted throughout the New Testament. Paul wrote your words in letters that we still read, over and over. His letters shape much of our thinking about what church could be. Peter wrote some more […]

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Personal. Letter.

“Here is my greeting in my own handwriting—Paul. I do this in all my letters to prove they are from me.” The most prolific letter writer in the New Testament is Paul. In 2 Thessalonians 3:17, he wrote that – with his own hand. Sadly, digital preservation techniques were not in use back then. I’ve […]

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