by Rich Hansen | Sep 13, 2018 | Worldview
Last year on my study leave in Oxford, England, every morning before heading to the library I attended a 7:30am Eucharist service in a side chapel of Christ Church cathedral. One morning as I was kneeling to receive communion, I noticed the sun streaming through a...
by Rich Hansen | Aug 30, 2018 | Provocative Questions
Some time ago I studied chaos theory for some writing I was doing. You might say, “Rich, you’ve been a pastor for almost 40 years, didn’t you already know enough about chaos?” But that’s not the chaos I’m talking about. You might know chaos theory is a big deal today...
by Rich Hansen | Aug 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
Listening well is a dying art. Yet all of us love it when someone listens well to us! If you want to show others you value them—especially in modern American society—simply listen to them! Listening is one of the great healing arts. I’ve curated the following list...
by Rich Hansen | Aug 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
Last month we hosted Naya, our (almost) two-year-old granddaughter, for her first sleepover at our house. The next morning my wife asked if she’d like pancakes for breakfast. “Yeeaahhh” she replied. Then immediately, “Dip it! Dip it!” Her parents usually gave her a...
by Rich Hansen | Aug 10, 2018 | Living within Paradox
If we all get 15 minutes of fame, mine occurred with Bill Hybels. Around 1985 I was part of a panel of four Chicago pastors on a “Meet the Press” roundtable style Christian TV show in Chicago. I was invited, not because I was famous or even well-known, but because a...
