June 2012 – 300 words a day

Six month questions.

Sunday is July 1. The year is half over. This weekend, then, is a time to review the last 6 months, to check our goals or 3 words, to see if we are making progress. Here are a bunch of questions to help in that review. But as you look at these questions, you will […]

by Jon Swanson

How I approach Bible questions.

A friend was trying to answer a question about the Bible for someone. I said, “what I would do is…” and explained a process for understanding the text. I realized you might be interested, too. 1. Sometimes there is mystery. I’m listening to a seminary class these days and John Goldingay, the prof, said “I […]

by Jon Swanson

The twelve

When we look at the original group of twelve disciples, and then when we look at the eventual replacement for Judas (Paul), we find that they all have a clearly identified tap on the shoulder. In some cases, we have stories of an individual calling as well as the twelve, as a group, being publicly picked, being clearly […]

by Jon Swanson

Making our own noise

We have one of our church services in a gym. The gym has a cooling system designed more for basketball than for quiet meditation. We used to program the fans to stop during the sermon. This is great for sound, but it means that we have to make it cold during the first half of […]

by Jon Swanson

Sometimes it is up to me.

Some of you may remember I started an enews for reading the Bible 7 minutes a day 7 days a week. My friend Matt calls this 7×7. We read through Mark and Acts. Then I took a month off. Then I restarted with Matthew. I was talking to a friend the other week. She was […]