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How do I start living like Jesus?

The simplest answer is to take a time machine and travel back and start following Jesus around. That’s how the first disciples learned. Peter and James and John. Mary Magdalene. A bunch of other people. They went where Jesus went. They ate what Jesus ate. They wore what Jesus wore. They listened to what Jesus […]

by Jon Swanson

Coffee Table

Sarah delivered a neighbor’s table to Everyday Joe’s. The first neighbor’s table was in Sarah’s backyard in Dallas. She wanted to get to know people. She had her dad build her a table. She had 500 people in her backyard that first summer. Her goal is to deliver tables to every state. Everyday Joe’s has […]

by Jon Swanson

Love.

(This is part three of a series considering how Jesus might answer the question, “What would I do if I only had a week left to live?” See Part One and Part Two.) 4. That week, Jesus loved extravagantly. Here’s the thing at the core of his week. It wasn’t just the prayer. It wasn’t just […]

by Jon Swanson

Teaching and loving.

(Part two of a series on how Jesus would answer the question, “What would I do if I only had a week left to live?” Here’s Part one. ) 2. That week, Jesus taught clearly and intensely If Jesus spent the nights on the Mount of Olives, during the days of this week, Jesus was […]

by Jon Swanson

One week left.

Recently, I worked on an exercise where you ask yourself, “What would I do if I only had a week left to live?” You then answer that for a month, a year, five years, and a life. It was a good exercise. I learned some things about what I thought was important. And then I […]