300 words a day

Jesus wasn’t always talking to the disciples. Sometimes when they were traveling, and living, and sitting, the disciples actually talked with each other. Among their topics was, “Who is the greatest among us?” It’s a familiar topic. In families, in work teams, in friend groups. Some personalities are deeply, unapologetically, competitive. Others are deeply apologetically, […]

Go make a tea. Actually, don’t go make a tea. Instead, write about email. What’s the cost to me of having tens of thousands of emails piled in my inbox that I see every time I open my email? +++ I’ve written about Martha and Mary before. About how Jesus engaged Martha’s theological understanding after […]

Rich Dixon is back for a new year here at 300words. +++ Before resuming the Freedom Tour narrative, please indulge a personal reflection. + + + Most years, I take special note of December 5. I call it Falling Day. It’s the anniversary of the day in 1987 when everything changed. The day I fell […]

I am, I acknowledge, melancholy. I spend time being aware of all of what could happen, and being present with people when those things actually do happen. Unexpected or expected but overwhelming death. Falls, strokes, things we’d rather I not list. So here’s a different story. On Christmas Eve morning, I went walking in the […]

It’s the first Monday of 2025. Kids in the US and elsewhere are back in school. People who took time off for the holidays are heading back to work. People who are retired are a little relieved that all those people are back to their usual rhythms. Those of us who have worked through the […]