obedience – 300 words a day

You get to.

First published April 25, 2009 Rest. You get to do that. Pray. You get to do that. Trust. You get to do that. Sleep. You get to do that. Laugh. You get to do that. Weep. You get to do that. Ask. You get to do that. Love. You get to do that. Repent. You […]

by Jon Swanson

How compassion can get you killed.

When the first stone hit his shoulder, Stephen flinched. As the stones kept coming, he prayed. When he couldn’t stand any more, he dropped to his knees. He asked God to forgive the people who were killing him. And then he died of blunt force trauma to every part of his body. Stephen was recognized […]

by Jon Swanson

How I lost and still won.

I didn’t win the contest. The prize was a free online course about care of the soul. I had read from most of the course materials but, as I said in the email, “I’m at a point of needing to be “encouraged” to go through the material in a structured way, though I’ve read from several […]

by Jon Swanson

Advent 17: Focus

Jesus had boundaries. He had never read the book, “Boundaries”, not having created the authors of that book yet. However, he knew that doing everything and being always with everyone was outside his reason for being. So he went away. The text at the end of the fourth chapter of Luke suggests that he had […]

by Paul Merrill

That temple

Two verses rolling around in my head concern our bodies. Christ followers often major on the spiritual side of our lives – our minds and how they’re relating to others and to God. That’s good, but it’s not the whole picture. Romans 12:1 And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give […]