Dixon Dispatch: 2019 in Review
Dixon Dispatch: 2019 in ReviewDearly loved friends and family, We are writing to you as we begin 2020, quite honestly astonished at all we experienced in 2019. As we reflect on all that has happened, this truly was a landmark year for us as a family. At the start of...
Dixon Dispatch – October 2019
A husband who recently graduated from marriage counseling with his wife shared this testimony: “As a pastor, I have recommended to many people that they seek out professional counseling. The sermons I preach and the advice I provide are often centered around the grace...
Dixon Dispatch – April 2019
Spring of 2019 is here already! We are thriving. We hope you are as well. We will kick off this update with some big news: we're expecting our second child to be born in November! Hannah has finally passed through a phase of intense and constant nausea, which...
Dixon Dispatch – Feb 2019
As 2019 continues forward and Spring quickly approaches, we want to take the opportunity to share all that has been happening in our lives since our last update. Our biggest news, by far, has been the birth of our daughter. She arrived healthy and beautiful on April...
Dixon Dispatch – Winter 2017
(Pictured: Evan and Hannah in North Pole, Alaska with their van in front of the world’s largest Santa statue.) Hello treasured friends and family! We hope this finds you doing wonderfully. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from the bottom of...
Dixon Dispatch – Summer 2016
Freedom Fighters! That’s what we call one another at Grace Life as we help hurting Christians find freedom. Guess what? Because of your partnership, you're one too. Thank you for being on our team, and for taking the time to read our quarterly update. ...
Dixon Dispatch – Spring 2016
Freedom Fighters! That’s what we call one another at Grace Life as we help hurting Christians find freedom. Guess what? Because of your partnership, you're one too. Thank you for being on our team, and for taking the time to read our quarterly update. ...
Pain Observed
I'm in the observation phase of my counselor training at Grace Life International, much like an apprenticeship. I have had the privilege to listen in as some of our veteran counselors conduct their sessions. Here are a couple quotes I've heard while listening over the...
Thoughts on Prayer
I do not claim to have a complete and total grip on the concept of prayer, or even the Christian faith. I have not been to seminary and I have no Master of Divinity. I have nothing beyond a minor in Religious Studies from my undergrad and lifetime of exposure to...
Dixon Dispatch – Winter 2015
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Love Freely Given
If you have known me for any length of time I have probably done something for you. I’ve helped you move, I’ve built you a website, I’ve fixed your computer, I’ve done a video for you, I’ve given you a thoughtful gift … Over time those have become my go to "doing...
Let’s Have Church
At their kitchen table, ladling homemade soup into the bowl of the kid seated next to me, we had Church. At the window booth at Waffle House on a rainy Saturday morning, we had Church. In my living room after a watching a terrible Japanese martial arts movie, we had...