300 words a day

When I was in middle school, a Broadway musical came out that I loved. My young English teacher was so enthused about the play that she went through the hassles and work to take her entire class to downtown Boston to see Godspell. “Day by Day” was the album’s radio hit. The lyrics come from […]

Sunday, I was standing in the hospital chapel, reading the texts for the day. One, from Job 42, resonated oddly. Between the words where Job says, “God, you are right. I don’t understand your ways,” and the words where Job has more kids and stuff, God talks to Job’s friends. We read, in the formality […]

Rich Dixon talks about what we could be doing. +++ I frequently chuckle at myself as I create these reflections. It seems this journey has been about learning, then relearning, the simple principles Jesus explained to His disciples. And then trying to practice them. Perhaps that shouldn’t be surprising. Perhaps that’s what following is about. […]

In Hebrews, we read that we have a high priest who know us, know about us, knows what it’s like to be alive, knows what it’s like to lose friends and family members, to struggle with a lack of food, to see discrimination and to respond to it. In his walking around earth, Jesus apparently […]

Bartimaeus had one goal. Get the attention of Jesus. As he was by the road, he heard a hubbub. A crowd was moving toward him. He asked what was happening. “Jesus of Nazareth is coming,” he was told. For Bartimaeus, this isn’t a curiosity, this is opportunity for life. Because for Bartimaeus, this isn’t a […]