Galatians – Page 3 – 300 words a day

2 quick 2 apply.

I handed Paul a mug of coffee. I leaned back in my desk chair. “So, It’s been a great couple of weeks thinking about your letter,” I said. “You think we could come up with some applications? Some simple take-aways?” “What?” Paul looked a little confused. “We’re at the end of the first chapter of […]

by Jon Swanson

Passionate resistance.

I finally pried myself away from my morning Facebook “research” and turned to Paul. “Was it easier to do your work before social media?” I asked. He thought about it for a moment. “My face wasn’t everywhere,” he said. “So I could walk with a group of travellers and not be noticed. But there was […]

by Jon Swanson

No lie.

“Why did people accuse you of lying?” I asked Paul. The question caught him off guard. He was sitting in my grandfather’s rocking chair, holding a cup of coffee, humming. While he tried to get focused on what I was saying, I looked at him. His hands, wrapped around the mug, were surprisingly scarred and […]

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Peter and Paul on vacation.

As Paul was lost in thought, I started thinking too. I was wondering about the two weeks with Peter. Paul was a trained scholar. He was an up -and-coming Pharisee. He had studied with the best Jewish scholar of his time: Gamaliel. He knew the prophecies, he knew the commentaries. He knew how the accepting […]

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Paul talks about getting started.

“How was your weekend?” Paul asked. “It was good,” I said. “I had a remarkable time with Ezra, walking through his story. I think I’ll have to talk with him here sometime. I talked with some people about his passion: ‘Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do […]