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helping ellen.

I walked toward the front door of the church building, carrying a cup of Starbucks, my Chrome laptop, and my Kindle. Sitting inside, I knew, was Ellen. She’s a woman who didn’t have a job, a house, a car, parents, family, or a place to stay. She ended up at our church because she had […]

by Jon Swanson

The way Jon likes it.

We were running DVDs at the office. 1000 of them. We were going to pass them out on Sunday. It’s a project that had lots of people helping, including some high school interns. I was talking to the interns. One said, “I even put a bunch in the cases. The way you like them.” I didn’t […]

by Jon Swanson

help.

“I don’t like to ask for help.” That’s what she told me today. Out of work. Heart problems. Great reasons to ask for help. But she waited. And we can help with food and paper goods and toothpaste and razors. I can offer a phone number to someone else. A couple weeks ago, someone else […]

by Jon Swanson

I pushed the button

Saturday morning, I pushed the button on our modem. The house was plunged into a state of Internet disconnect. It remained that way for five hours. With the exception of power failures, that’s the longest single stretch the interior of our house has been protected from Internet rays for years. Or, it’s the longest single […]

by Jon Swanson

I’m not trying to get your business.

I would, of course, love to have you buy books through my Amazon store because I like the books and I get a little from it. But when people talk about increasing traffic so that you will buy more services, I have no services to offer. I mean, I could offer a weekly enewsletter for […]