Jesus – 300 words a day

A Simple Idea

Rich Dixon reads Nehemiah, too. +++ We had our team. 7 cyclists, 2 volunteers, Becky, and me. We had 3 months to figure out a route, learn how to transport bikes, design jerseys, plan meals, and find host churches. Perhaps the biggest blessing was that we didn’t know what we didn’t know. I’m thinking about […]

by Paul Merrill

Good Friday – Why?

What does Good Friday mean?

by Jon Swanson

What Jesus said he was doing.

Sometime before Thursday night of Holy Week, Jesus summarized his work. And when John writes the story, he puts this summary between the time Jesus walks away from the crowd and walks into the upper room, the place where he’s going to eat supper with his disciples. You can read it in John 12:37-50. It’s […]

by Jon Swanson

more urgent

(I wrote this a decade ago. I think it is still of value for reflection.) I heard this today: “Forming people in Christ as a slow work, so it can’t be hurried; it is an urgent work, so it can’t be delayed.” Eugene Peterson said it. He’s the pastor and teacher who “wrote” The Message. […]

by Jon Swanson

Coding for Jesus

I was talking with a friend who designs web forms, among other things. We were trying to figure out what it might mean to represent Jesus at work. Other than telling your coworkers that Jesus loves them. Which, though it is true, often does not fit in the conversation. I suggested that it might mean […]