Richard's Food for Thought

August 10, 2026 Prayers

A Prayer for the End of a Long Week

When Friday arrives and we are more emptied than we expected, here is a place to set it all down.

Some of the most important leadership lessons I've learned came from the things I never quite got around to finishing.

August 5, 2026 Food for Thought

There are things happening right in front of us every day that we never quite see — until suddenly, one ordinary moment, we do.

Thirty-eight years of waiting, and the first question Jesus asks is whether he wants to be healed.

July 31, 2026 Poetry

A poem about standing at the kitchen counter with a ripe peach and the strange mercy of a single, unhurried moment.