January 2016 – Page 2 – 300 words a day

Jesus sees what we may not

First published January 26, 2010. Andrew is a connector. He brings people to Jesus. The first person we know of is his brother, Simon. Andrew brings Simon to Jesus. Jesus notices Simon. He looks at him. He sees him. (Just as a thought experiment, imagine walking up to Jesus with your brother after listening to […]

by Jon Swanson

Inviting conversations

First published January 25, 2010. Andrew spent a day with Jesus. He had been a follower of John (the baptizing one). He was looking for something spiritual. He was looking for someone that would be the one, the answer, the Messiah. And after spending a day with Jesus, Andrew went looking for his brother and […]

by Jon Swanson

beginning to follow

First published January 22, 2010. Three men sat talking. Another man walked by. “That’s the one I was talking about,” says one of the three. The other two start walking after the passing man. He turns. “What do you want?” he asks. Their first word, “rabbi”, says everything. A rabbi was a teacher. Rather than […]

by Jon Swanson

Pointing to Jesus.

First published January 21, 2010 John – the one we know as “the Baptist” – had followers. We don’t think about that, considering that he was a plain-speaking, rough-dressed, wilderness-living kind of guy. He’s the kind of guy that is interesting to visit, but “you wouldn’t want to live there.” I think we don’t really […]

by Jon Swanson

What I most want to say.

First published November 14, 2012 There are three tabs open in my browser at the moment. One is a list called “catching up.” One is my gmail inbox. One is this conversation with you. “Catching up” is a to-do list of sorts. At the moment it has a long list of potential post titles and […]