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Water and wine with Jesus and John.

(First published December 3, 2014) John 2:1-11 “What was the first time we saw through the skin and saw a glimpse of something more?” The old man shifted slightly on the chair. “That’s easy. Water into wine.” “We’d had conversations with him. He shocked Nathaniel with his mind-reading or whatever it was. But at the […]

by Jon Swanson

Learning how Jesus taught.

(This is a continuation of Effective Equipper) To understand how to live, I sometimes look at how Jesus lived. I understand that there are differences between the first century and this afternoon. I understand, for example, that coffee hadn’t been invented then. But if I want to help people or teach people or learn about […]

by Jon Swanson

Jesus sees what we may not

First published January 26, 2010. Andrew is a connector. He brings people to Jesus. The first person we know of is his brother, Simon. Andrew brings Simon to Jesus. Jesus notices Simon. He looks at him. He sees him. (Just as a thought experiment, imagine walking up to Jesus with your brother after listening to […]

by Jon Swanson

Pointing to Jesus.

First published January 21, 2010 John – the one we know as “the Baptist” – had followers. We don’t think about that, considering that he was a plain-speaking, rough-dressed, wilderness-living kind of guy. He’s the kind of guy that is interesting to visit, but “you wouldn’t want to live there.” I think we don’t really […]

by Jon Swanson

“What did Jesus say that day,” and other questions.

Nancy and Saint John and I were sitting in the food court, talking about the story of the feeding of the 15,000. That’s what I call it. “Maybe you can help me,” I said to John. “I’ve got a couple questions about the version of the story we read in ‘The Gospel according to Saint […]