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reflections on light

My office is dark. The blinds are usually open but the overhead lights are off. They give me headaches. I suppose, however, I shouldn’t say “always”. The other day, for example, I wanted to look deep inside a broken video camera. I turned on the lights. All of them. It was the only way that […]

by Jon Swanson

God is bigger than all that

(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) As the new year and the new decade begin, it is great to feel like we have a fresh start. That’s a wonderful thing. But how long will that feeling last? In a few days or weeks we may revert back to old thought patterns. We are worried […]

by Jon Swanson

Archives – Our Father

(This post is a reprint from February 23, 2009. New posts will begin tomorrow.) For some people, the beginning of this prayer has to be rough. To start with, “our Father” brings horrible memories. And the thought, “if God is like that, then I’m not interested.” As I thought about this beginning, however, I realized […]

by Jon Swanson

Archives – Desperate Confidence

[This post is a reprint from July 3, 2009. New posts will resume Friday, January 8, 2010.] The woman’s daughter was sick. Demon-sick. That’s sick. She, like any mother in that situation, was willing to consider anything and anyone. Even if it meant a foreigner. Jesus was heading out of town, taking some time to […]

by Jon Swanson

Archives – Dear friend

[This post is a reprint from February 3, 2009. New posts will resume Friday, January 8, 2010.] You want to follow God. You are feeling like you have nothing to offer, like you are at a party where everyone else brings cool gifts and you are still waiting for your last paycheck and so have […]