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Thomas Dorsey was not home when his son was born. He was not home when his wife died after the birth of their son and when their son died the next day. He was away from home to speak and sing, when he got the telegram. It was 1932. He came home with the grief, […]

Rich Dixon on thinking about focus: +++ Continuing last week’s reflection on Falling And Numbers… What’s your memory of President Jimmy Carter? A political leader? The Carter Center? His unending work for peace? For me, the first thing that comes to mind when someone mentions President Carter is Habitat for Humanity. I wonder what made […]

Supper on Monday night, January 13, 2025, is chili and cornbread. When you read this on Tuesday, the meal will be history. As I’m writing this on Monday evening, after a day at the hospital and a walk at the mall, Nancy is mixing the wet and dry ingredients, warming the chili. And I just […]

We don’t have a little snow shovel. But we have a big dustpan, the kind that you use if you are cleaning up a shop. So when I went out to shovel snow the other day, I gave Ben the dustpan. He started scooping snow. He scooped some onto the driveway where I had just […]

God. You know more of the story than I do.More of my story. More of our stories.You know what has happened and what is happening and what will happen. Today we think about wise men meeting you, Jesus, after a long journey.They saw you, they honored you, they went on their journey back home.They didn’t […]