July 2011 – Page 2 – 300 words a day

Catching up

Excuse me for interrupting your weekend. There were just some bits of 300wordsaday business and notes that I wanted to take care of. 1. Back in June, Rich Dixon and I offered 5 sets of books to be given to names drawn from people who commented on a post. You commented, Rich’s wife Monte drew […]

by Jon Swanson

dear jon: all y’all.

Here’s the start of an occasional series. Dear Jon Is “All Y’all” an appropriate form of address for the triune God?? a friend Dear Friend Andrew played soccer for many years. Andrew’s name was, and is, “Andrew.” Except when it’s “Swanson.” Nancy and I have called him several names, but those are our names and […]

by Jon Swanson

a letter to a dad.

After reading the post on Monday, about struggling friends, I heard from a friend. He wrote of his child, “I fear he is bent on self destruction and it’s breaking my heart. He is my only son.” Here’s an edited version of what I wrote back: God understands exactly what it is like to have […]

by Jon Swanson

Psalm 6

It happens all the time in songs (and in stories.) For the first two verses, everything is bad. And then the hero comes, the story turns, the cavalry arrives, the light dawns. We love to read these stories, to sing these songs, because they give us hope. The first two verses are exactly where we […]

by Jon Swanson

8 things to think about when a friend is clueless

It happens to all of us. A friend, a family member, a coworker looks like they have picked the wrong track and are heading toward a trainwreck. Not physically, probably, but emotionally, spiritually, or relationally. I probably hear about more of these than many people because I’m one of the people that people talk to: “Jon, […]