January 2011 – Page 3 – 300 words a day

Sit in a different chair.

Some of you know that on Wednesday nights, I sit with ten guys and talk about the Bible. We wrestle with the words and the interpretations and the implications and the applications. We have a great time. I usually provide the direction to the conversations. The other night I sat in a different chair. I […]

by Jon Swanson

doing something that matters (a repost)

(This was first published July 11, 2009) Purpose is what we are about. Purpose is supposed to be core, supposed to be the thing at the very heart of what we are. Purpose is what we are living for. Purpose is what we would die for. Jesus starts talking about the rest of his life. […]

by Jon Swanson

I’m trying to write.

I’m trying to write a post. But I can’t. I review drafts to see whether anything can be resurrected. There are 44 drafts. Some are complete, waiting only for the right time. Some are a sentence or two, reflecting a thought I want to capture. But none of them is right. I flip through my […]

by Jon Swanson

How Bud Williams helped me.

When I was in college, we had to take PE courses. As best as I can remember, I took golf and badminton and volleyball and bowling. I looked for the easy courses. I’m not a fitness guy. There was a course I didn’t have a choice about: PE 10, called something like “Foundations of Fitness.” […]

by Jon Swanson

Sometimes there isn’t a point

I feel like I tricked my friend Rich. Yesterday’s post was about Eutychus. Rich said, “Is it okay to say I don’t get it?” First, let me say that it is alway great to say that you don’t get something that you read here. I am pretty convinced that many times what I say isn’t […]