August 2009 – Page 3 – 300 words a day

Sometime poetry is actually true.

I was on vacation when writing this. I thought about not writing for a week. Then I remembered that writing is how I think. So I wrote a little about rest. There are spaces in the Gospels where a trip is summarized with “they traveled to” or “sometime later”. We don’t know what happened in […]

by Jon Swanson

Back from vacation

What, exactly, are you supposed to do on vacation? I mean, how do you know if it was successful? What’s the measure of a good vacation? What does Jesus say about vacation? As far as I know, nothing. However, in his life he would have lived with a balance that doesn’t show up in mine. […]

by Jon Swanson

On vacation

300 words a day are being spoken to trees in Northern Wisconsin this week. I’ll be back with new writing here starting Monday, August 17.

by Jon Swanson

Life is short

[First Friday guest post from Paul Merrill] My mom died in June. She was a month shy of 80. Her life was long and full, by most standards. Psalm 39:4 says: Lord, remind me how brief my time on earth will be. Remind me that my days are numbered – how fleeting my life is. […]

by Jon Swanson

Serious business, relationship is.

After laying out the process of caring for people who have not done what he says, Jesus gives the implication: “Whatever you bind on earth is bound in heaven.” There is a connection between here and there, between what we say and what God does. If we say, “you aren’t living right,” God says, “you […]