May 2015 – Page 2 – 300 words a day

Conversations with Jesus

Sometimes when I’m talking about prayer with a group of people I’ll say, “So, prayer can be defined as talking with God, right?” And people often nod. Depending on where the group is. Then I’ll say, “So, is Jesus God?” And when I’m having this conversation, most people will say “Yes.” And then I’ll say, […]

by Jon Swanson

a coffee parable

If you don’t drink coffee, you may not know that some coffee tastes better than others. There is instant coffee. It’s fast. And some of it, like VIA, is okay. There is motel room coffee. It’s convenient. While traveling this week, I teased my friend about making decaf coffee in the motel room coffee maker. He […]

by Jon Swanson

What does God want from prayer?

First published October 15, 2013 I was reading about a conversation Jesus had with a woman from Samaria. In this conversation, Jesus speaks seven times, the woman speaks six. Jesus speaks first, asking her to do him a favor. Each time she speaks, it feels like a diversion, a change of subjects. Each time he […]

by Jon Swanson

Not the expected journey.

First published November 17, 2011 I love stories about people praying and then having answers. It’s exciting. I mean, look at this story. Paul writes a letter to some people in Rome. He talks about his travel schedule and his desire to visit them. And he asks them to pray for him. Pray that I may be […]

by Jon Swanson

something for today.

I published three posts last week about Nehemiah’s rule of life. They weren’t telling the whole story fast enough. I finally gave up and shared a link for the whole conversation. A few weeks ago, I wrote out a conversation between Sarah and her mentor, Carol. We explored James’ comment about obeying the royal law. […]