300 words a day

Here’s what I said as part of a funeral service the other day. +++ Your mom was, as you said, spiritual. She let me pray for her at the hospital. But I’m aware that none of us go to the church building where some of us first met. And we’ve got questions about people who […]

God. You invite us into relationship with you.You send us to do your work.We don’t feel worthy of either one. Except sometimes. Sometimes we expect you to help us work on our terms.We demand your love on our terms.We say, “If you really loved us, you would fix this, you would change them, you would […]

That’s what the woman said to her sister, talking about the time they’d had since the diagnosis until now. It was a time of clarifying what mattered to them, about putting arrangements into place, about tying up loose ends. I kind of laughed when she said it. Not loud enough for her to hear. I […]

“I don’t have time for that” can be a powerful time management tool. Somewhere close by must be another tool, an affirmation. “This is what I have time for.” As I am writing these words, I have a list of options. Projects that need my attention. People that need my answers. What do I have […]

Rich Dixon has a serious question for us. +++ Last time, I was worried. Bureaucratic silliness blew up our plans for Freedom Tour Classic. I anticipated impending disaster. Those in our community reacted in a variety of ways. I tried to respond to everyone with one thing in mind: “God isn’t worried.” And I kind […]