belief – Page 13 – 300 words a day

Being saved.

A man says to Paul, “What must I do to be saved?” Paul replies, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and you will be saved.” It sounds like a simple theological discussion, happening over a mug of coffee in a Starbucks, between two people exploring ideas. But if that is how we picture it, we […]

by Jon Swanson

Done with solitaire.

Picture this. You are sitting in a room. Solitaire is on the screen in front of you. You are clicking on the cards, getting the numbers lined up, getting the board cleaned off. Except it you have some cards left. So you try again. Someone walks into the room. The person stands for a moment. […]

by Jon Swanson

The value of written processes

Yesterday, I added a video to the “about 300 words” page here. After I shot the video, I wondered what program I needed to use to convert the file to a format I could edit. It had been a few weeks. I went back to document I created in September that listed the transfer process […]

by Jon Swanson

The story might have been different

I was thinking about Mary on Sunday morning. That’s good, I suppose, given that I was in church and it’s a couple weeks before Christmas and the sermon was about Mary (the mother of Jesus). I mean, if I had been thinking about Moses, that wouldn’t have made sense. If I had been thinking about […]

by Jon Swanson

housecleaning

I spent some time in the attic last weekend. It was time. Stuff accumulates. Empty boxes saved in case something breaks. A broken string trimmer saved in case someday I know how to fix it. Mugs saved because someone gave them to me . . . from events that are over . . . at […]