Richard's Food for Thought

April 12, 2026 Prayers

A Prayer for Hard Seasons

For the times when the ordinary prayers feel too thin — when what's needed is something honest about the difficulty.

March 29, 2026 5 Good Ideas

Spring has always felt more like a new year than January does. Here are five ideas for making something of the momentum.

The Beatitudes in Matthew 5 are among the most familiar verses in the New Testament. They are also, on close reading, among the strangest.

March 1, 2026 Random Thoughts

There is a particular kind of thinking that only seems to happen during long drives at night, and I have come to depend on it.

Both start with imagining something that doesn't exist yet. The difference is in what happens next.