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on the verge

We’re sitting at the edge of the end of the beginning part. I’ve been balancing on the border between chapter 20 and chapter 21 of Matthew for two weeks now. You don’t know that because it made sense for me to take a retreat, and then I’ve been looking closely at the end of chapter […]

by Jon Swanson

Retreat

Three hundred words will be on retreat this week. I’ll be back on Monday, September 21.

by Jon Swanson

looking back at the first week of September

For Labor Day That’s why this song was in the hymnal. They were on a God trip, heading to Jerusalem because He told them to. This song says that career and business, farm and family, are in God’s hands. We can worry, changing nothing. Or we can gratefully rest. last or first or simply graced […]

by Jon Swanson

you need to copy someone.

When you decide to do something, you don’t work in a vacuum. You look for models. You look for examples. You look to your training and your experience. Sometimes, you want to be exactly like someone. Sometimes you want to be nothing like someone. (For example, when I was a young father and faculty member, […]

by Jon Swanson

renewing the mission

Bosses need to review the mission of the organization. Some people say that every 28 days the mission should be reviewed, renewed. Leaders need to be clear about purpose, about passion, about direction. It helps bring about alignment in the organization. When Jesus told the disciples that they were on their way to watching him […]