January 2011 – Page 2 – 300 words a day

A tweet left unsent.

I was going to tweet this yesterday: “Page views are less important to me than relationships.” It would have been a great tweet. It came to me when I was with a bunch of people at Sharehouse ( where Nancy works). I had been shooting some video of the people working. I said “I won’t […]

by Jon Swanson

Being saved, part two.

Yesterday, the jailer was looking for answers. Though it’s been twenty-four hours (or more) for us since we started looking at this story, for him it happened in minutes. (Please read Being Saved for the first part of the story.) When the jailer was asking Paul and Silas what he needed to do in order […]

by Jon Swanson

Being saved.

A man says to Paul, “What must I do to be saved?” Paul replies, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” It sounds like a simple theological discussion, happening over a mug of coffee in a Starbucks, between two people exploring ideas. But if that is how we picture it, we […]

by Jon Swanson

We had a nice chat.

Hope wanted to talk tonight, by Skype. We don’t do that very often. In fact, I think the last time we did she was talking about changing majors. So I confess. As we waited for her evening class to finish and then her walk across campus to take her to her room, I wondered what […]

by Jon Swanson

I asked if he would like a cup of tea.

I had two hours alone at home. It was quiet. I could work. Except I couldn’t. I was distracted. I decided to stop and talk with God a bit. The thoughts kept running. I kept moving. So I asked Jesus if he would like a cup of tea. Literally. Out loud. I went to the […]