sabbath – Page 3 – 300 words a day

listening in the evening.

I write this on a comfortable evening, sitting on the deck. The wind is blowing the trees. The birds are chipping in their evening voices. I can’t tell whether they are trying to get the kids to settle down or making plans for tomorrow. The robin is on the wire, resting a moment before heading […]

by Jon Swanson

Weakened

Or should it say weekend? Some of us get to Saturday morning, full of energy, full of projects, full of passion to “get something done.” The rest of us get to Saturday morning dragging. We have been busy all week. We are struggling with a list of activities that got longer during the week, rather […]

by Jon Swanson

what God did not call you to.

Lots of people are wondering what God is calling them to do. And that is a good question. But on the way to the answer, we fill in many answers. So let me suggest some of the things that God did not call you to. You are not called to be me. You are not […]

by Jon Swanson

looking for a reason

Sometimes you have conversations that are conversations. Sometimes questions are asked for the purpose of finding out the answer. “How is it with your soul?” is a question seeking an answer, trying to help someone else reflect. “What is the question you don’t want me to ask?” is a question about trust, about helping someone […]

by Jon Swanson

New rules

The rules were very clear, at least to some people. If you are in a field and you are hungry and you pick some of the grain and eat it because you are incredibly hungry from living on the move, you are wrong. Not because if you eat too many oats you’ll get sick like […]