April 2010 – Page 3 – 300 words a day

who else is there?

What makes you stay? When you are part of a group and public opinion shifts, what makes you stay? How much attention do you pay to the way people are talking? If lots of people are talking positively about your group, does that make you feel more attached? If lots of people start to raise […]

by Jon Swanson

So why do we have to ask? (repost)

(This is a repost from February 20, 2009) [Matthew 6:7-8] Sometimes I know exactly what our kids need. I can look ahead and know that they will be in that situation and will need that solution. I know it. But I may not tell them. Sometimes they decide to ask ahead of time. We can […]

by Jon Swanson

another letter to Jesus

Dear Jesus: This has to stop We can’t keep up. We finally found you in the synagogue. of all places. We slid in the back. It was pretty crowded (squeezing 5000 people into a building is harder than spreading out on a hillside) but we managed. We got there just in time for the reading […]

by Jon Swanson

an open letter to Jesus

Dear Jesus: We were thrilled with your amazing feeding project. Appetizers for 15,000? Unimaginable, as Philip pointed out. 15,000 fish sandwiches? Over the top. But you, you made so much food that there were leftovers. We wish that you hadn’t been so quick to leave. Some of us were prepared to make you a remarkable […]

by Jon Swanson

letting him into the boat

The disciples spent a lot of time on the water. Several of them fished professionally. There were sudden storms and bad fishing days but that was part of the job. It was annoying, but it was life. Until Jesus. With Jesus around, with their decision to follow him, to be part of his entourage, they […]