stories – 300 words a day

Developing images

I only wanted to upload a couple photos from the microSD card. It was going to be faster than sending the images one by one from my stupidphone. I didn’t realize that the card had photos from both Nancy and me, from last night and from 2008. And because the numbering scheme of the phones […]

by Jon Swanson

How old stories can make new sense.

We all have stories. We have some stories in common. Sometimes, we don’t know what they really mean until someone shows us the thread running through our individual stories and our cultural stories. On the day Jesus came back to life, he started walking down the road with a couple of his former followers. It’s […]

by Jon Swanson

listening in the evening.

I write this on a comfortable evening, sitting on the deck. The wind is blowing the trees. The birds are chipping in their evening voices. I can’t tell whether they are trying to get the kids to settle down or making plans for tomorrow. The robin is on the wire, resting a moment before heading […]

by Jon Swanson

the next day

“But they [the disciples] did not believe the women because their words seemed to them like nonsense.” Luke 24:11 It’s easy to make this sound sexist. I’m not sure that’s accurate. What’s more likely is that one group of people has a story that, though true, is inconceivable to the other group. What is also […]