prayer – Page 10 – 300 words a day

Where to go first

My wife has hit some challenging stuff lately. And as a result, I have too. When your little kid wanders off and you find him twenty minutes later, you get really mad at him. “Ben, I’ve told you a ton of times to never to wander off like that!” But what you really mean is, […]

by Jon Swanson

Because sometimes you can’t do two things at once.

A few weeks ago in our weekly staff meeting, our boss walked over to one of our staff members. He took a red marker and drew a line on Kelley’s arm. He said, “The artery is cut. What are you going to do.” I was sitting closest. I immediately put the palm of my hand […]

by Jon Swanson

morning coffee with Jesus.

(video version of this post: morning coffee with Jesus) Jesus, I want you sitting here. I don’t want to have to be patient. I don’t want you to be invisible. I want that relationship fixed. I want that heart healed. I want that brain to start working again, just like it was. I want to […]

by Jon Swanson

A prayer for Monday

“Oh God.” That will be our prayer, God, many of us as we look at the clock for the first time on Monday morning, as we roll over and slap the alarm, as we feel the crush of realizing we have no idea where we left off in whatever projects are facing us. Hear our […]

by Jon Swanson

We had a nice chat.

Hope wanted to talk tonight, by Skype. We don’t do that very often. In fact, I think the last time we did she was talking about changing majors. So I confess. As we waited for her evening class to finish and then her walk across campus to take her to her room, I wondered what […]