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Two chairs, leaning together

My parents have two chairs in the living room. One is Dad’s. One is Mom’s. It is impossible to walk into the condo and find them both just sitting. Sometimes, however, if you are around the house enough, if you are part of the family, she sits down. And then you find the two of […]

by Jon Swanson

Divine eavesdropping

“What can Andrew and I do today? The zoo costs too much.” It was the most delightful text I have read in a long time. The thought of Hope and Andrew, brother and sister, trying to figure out what to do for part of an afternoon made me smile. Andrew needed extra credit. Somehow, going […]

by Jon Swanson

How was your day?

Recently, I talked to a young woman about God. Among other things, we talked about talking to God. At times, she said, she felt like she was talking to air. How would you talk differently if you could see him, I asked. “I’d ask how his day was,” she blurted out. When we talk with […]

by Paul Merrill

How Jesus handled a crisis

(Paul Merrill writes here every First Friday) Last week I had lunch with an old friend. He’s as old as me – I guess we’re both old. Anyhow, we caught up on life. I learned how tight things are for him and his family. He’s an amazing entrepreneur, but the economy has made selling those […]

by Jon Swanson

A challenging passage

Jesus wants breakfast. The fig tree is covered in leaves but there are no figs. He tells it that it will never bear fruit. It dies immediately. The disciples are amazed at the power Jesus displays. He says that they can do it. He ends by saying “If you believe, you will receive whatever you […]