300 words a day

“I want to see everything.” That’s our three-year-old grandson, Ben. He walks into the garage. He walks into my study. He looks around. He gestures. And he says, “I want to see everything.” Often, seeing everything includes seeing with his hands. And then starts the process of distraction, redirection, explanation, experimentation, education, and resolution. The […]

God. We are a little afraid of you. Some people I know are angry about you. You don’t answer their prayer. And you answer the prayer of other people. And people who don’t even pray get what they want. That doesn’t seem right. And you act really angry sometimes. At least we read that in […]

… but God can. Recently I’ve spent time with different friends who are upset about what’s happening around them. More than ever, the world seems to be characterized by constant change and lots of the change looking bad. But as I step back, I realize that worrying about what’s happening and trying to figure out […]

“That’s done. Next?” We say that often in our house, Nancy and I. After every checkmark on a to-do list, after every project, after almost every every. I’m fabulous at asking “Next?” I’m not great at “That’s done.” A sense of completion, a sense of finished. Years ago, I walked out of our church building […]

Rich Dixon is back. +++ Let’s interrupt the bike tour narrative for something far more important: the story of one of the kids from the Home of Hope. + + + When “Sumi” turned 18, “Marta” decided it was time for Sumi to learn her origin story. As a young girl, Marta was trafficked by […]