John – Page 3 – 300 words a day

Sometimes you have to start over.

You are working on a project and things get complicated. There are revisions and modifications. The documentation doesn’t keep up with the adjustments. Someone becomes the keeper of the knowledge and the explanations. Then everyone gets in a hurry and doesn’t care to hear the explanations any more, they just want to have the knowledge. […]

by Jon Swanson

The main attraction

[Matthew 4:12-17] It is so easy to imagine how things might have looked around Jesus. We read that after John was arrested, Jesus goes back to Galilee. From this time on, Matthew says, Jesus will start preaching exactly the same message that John was preaching: Repent, for the kingdom of heaven in near. We see […]

by Jon Swanson

Carry on

[Matthew 4:12-17] When Jesus heard that John had been put in prison, he returned to Galilee. It sounds like running away. John had been by the Jordan River. He was on the end of that river closest to Jerusalem. Closest to the authorities. Closest to the people in power that he was attacking. John got […]

by Jon Swanson

Sometimes I do not know.

[Matthew 3:13-17] I talk with people. I usually understand what they are saying. In fact, I frequently translate what people are saying for the benefit of other people. I can translate from church to plain language. I can translate business to plain language. Sometimes, though, I know all the words and I still can’t translate. […]

by Jon Swanson

who are you yelling at

[Matthew 3:7-12] John called people snakes. That’s rude. The people he called snakes were people who claimed to be godly. They were the religious people of the day, denominational leaders. They were the people who believed that they were closest to God. John was saying, “Is your life messed up? Here’s what you do. Tell […]