February 2010 – Page 3 – 300 words a day

forget the chapters

Miracles have a way of capturing attention. If you have seen someone who was paralyzed and then isn’t, and you know that the clearest action between was talking with God, you stop and think. If you shouldn’t have enough food and you do, and you know the clearest action in between was talking with God, […]

by Jon Swanson

sometimes something clicks

I was sitting on a dock in a small lake in western Michigan. It was early summer morning. I was working as a counselor at a camp for the summer. I was between my first two years of college. I took time off my computer job to be with kids. I’m not sure why, exactly. […]

by Jon Swanson

someday you will understand

Much happens in our lives that we don’t understand right away. We have conversations, we watch things happen, we see things in the moment. We think we understand. A person is cranky. We think they are mad at us. Or that they just have issues. A person moves slowly. We think they are lazy. Or […]

by Jon Swanson

a rant

“You know what ticks me off? I don’t really upset when people who don’t know the rules break them. I can’t really condone the behaviour, but my heart goes out to them. But when the people who know the rules take advantage of them for their own benefit, that is frustrating. Take, for instance, when […]

by Jon Swanson

What does it mean to trust?

(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) “Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding.” Solomon, the man who many consider to be the wisest man ever, said that in Proverbs 3:5. Jesus said trust is being like a child. Remember how it felt when you were learning […]