October 2010 – Page 4 – 300 words a day

Just sitting in the backyard, looking up.

This week I’ve read through Psalm 19. Decades ago I had part memorized, as part of a song, but it has been awhile. I decided to let you look at it over the weekend. Consider the poetry, the metaphor, the passion that David shows. *** The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of […]

by Jon Swanson

If it may please you.

Yesterday morning I sent a sentence from the Bible to a friend. May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing in your sight, O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer. It’s from Psalm 19. a prayer that David wrote out. I sent it to someone who was speaking somewhere […]

by Jon Swanson

Concrete.

Phil Cooke talked the other day about the need for leaders to be concrete. In short, start in the world of abstraction, but to reach your team, move quickly into the real world. Give them examples, illustrations, and real-life explanations that will help them understand your concept. After I read that, I spent the day […]

by Jon Swanson

Now in 3-D.

I read an article in Technologies for Worship about 3D technology in church settings. It is a good article. The author considers the cost of the technology, the challenges of doing it well, the differences between wearing glasses in a movie theatre and wearing glasses in a church service. As I looked at the headline […]

by Jon Swanson

An intention audit.

Over the weekend, I had some friends do an exercise. We were talking about living like Jesus. I asked them to make some lists. List the last five television programs you watched. List the last five conversations you had. List what you read the last time you spent fifteen minutes reading. List the last five […]