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listen.

Andrew is letting me use his car. He doesn’t need it. He has a better stereo than we do, with better meaning that you can play CDs and use MP3 players. I enjoyed the variety of music, podcasts and news for two months. One day we looked in the car and saw an open glovebox, […]

by Jon Swanson

How to deal with obnoxious Christians

If you are not a Christian, that’s easy. Do whatever you want. Throw stuff at them. Tell them to shut up. Give them a cup filled with cool water and say, “I think that Jesus said you were supposed to give this to me.” The guy wanting to burn the Koran? Feel free to remind […]

by Jon Swanson

do why I do.

We look for punishment. We want to know what the penalty will be if we don’t do something. We want to know where the boundaries are, how far we can go before we get hurt or scolded or destroyed. I understand that feeling. I get a phone call and think, “Oh no, what did I […]

by Jon Swanson

fingers crossed

For some of us, keeping our fingers crossed means that we hope something happens. For others, however, it is a way to keep something we say from being a promise. If our fingers are crossed behind our back, for some reason, what we say cannot be held to be a promise. The Pharisees didn’t know […]

by Jon Swanson

Who are you teaching for?

In Matthew 23, Jesus is laying into the Pharisees, the religious leadership of his time. This week we’ll look at that critique as a mirror. If you don’t want to be known for what Jesus criticizes, don’t do it. One question is simple: “Who are you teaching for?” The right answer, of course, would be […]