February 2011 – Page 2 – 300 words a day

Prayer doesn’t work.

“I’d like to return this Valentine’s Day card.” I can help you with that. … Um, you know that this has writing on it, right? “Yep. I wrote that.” You can’t return cards that have been used. “Two weeks ago, I was in here. I bought a sweater. The first time I wore it, the […]

by Jon Swanson

I’d rather have a fresh start.

I bought Andrew a new Moleskine journal. He wants to write about the trip he’s about to start. I almost bought one for myself. I didn’t. Two-thirds of the one I started at the beginning of the year is still blank. I have a couple blank little ones on the shelf. But I love blank […]

by Jon Swanson

Social media guru or social media chaplain

Chris Cree is helping me get SocialMediaChaplain.com working. There isn’t much there right now. I’ll warn you ahead of time. But it’s coming. I’m trying out Chris’s EmmanuelPress. He called me one day to tell me about this new project, helping small churches and missionaries and ministries get online. As we talked about what he’s […]

by Jon Swanson

Sexy Jesus

I know. But I realized that lots of people, including me from time to time, do everything we can to make Jesus sexy. We dress him up pretty to take him out with us. When I look at Luke 15, I start to think that must have been what was happening, why he was so […]

by Jon Swanson

I can’t speak that way anymore.

In the old days, I taught speech. I taught people how to craft three clear points that made a case. I taught them out to write an outline that was an argument. When I applied that to myself, I often found myself writing complete manuscripts, especially when I was preaching or other formal spiritual speaking. […]