March 2009 – Page 4 – 300 words a day

twice in two days

Twice in two days I’ve gotten stuck. Twice in two days I’ve been in conversations and not known what to say. Twice in two days I’ve been talking with people who came looking for money because of troubles. They come, of course, to a church because churches are where you go when you need money, […]

by Jon Swanson

what was it that I said?

I have had a lot of projects running through my head. Many are the kind of project where you say, “what if we did this?” and someone else says, “that would be great!” and you say, “let’s do it!” and suddenly, you have agreed to a project that will be cool and will consume many […]

by Jon Swanson

a sense of humor

We are too serious. Okay, so maybe some of us laugh sometimes. And some of us laugh all the time. And some of us frown most of the time. But most of the time most people have some amount of laughter. Until we pick up the Bible, that is. Then, we get serious. Too serious. […]

by Jon Swanson

The window or the mirror

I want to write about judging. I want to write without being judgmental. I create examples of extreme finickiness and then think, “but isn’t that being judgmental, reflecting my own bias against finickiness?” And I am convicted. And I save the post and start over. Because Jesus says that the standard that I use to […]

by Jon Swanson

today has enough trouble

I have no clue what will happen today. I just wanted you to know that. I spent part of Sunday afternoon at a funeral for a woman who had been married for 65 years, who had Alzheimer’s. The pastor started his message with “none of us planned to be here today.” What was interesting for […]