writing – 300 words a day

Chaos and memories are almost the same.

My desk is in chaos at the moment. I could blame Ben, of course. He stood here at wanted to see all the tools in (one of the) mugs I use for writing utensils. And then he wanted to see “that”. The orange thing. And I got down the small truck my dad brought home […]

by Jon Swanson

The next half.

Today is the start of the next half of 2025. I started the day a little early, with a phone call to go to the hospital to help a family in the first minutes after the death of their person. Ten minutes later, I got a call that the family wasn’t going to the hospital. […]

by Jon Swanson

The moment Nehemiah became more than lists.

I thought of this story the other day and decided to share it again. +++ Q: What captivated you about the book of Nehemiah? The more I slowed down and looked at the text to see what was going on, the more excited I got about everything I had missed by skimming. Probably the first […]

by Jon Swanson

The moment Nehemiah became more than lists.

Q: What captivated you about the book of Nehemiah? The more I slowed down and looked at the text to see what was going on, the more excited I got about everything I had missed by skimming. Probably the first really exciting moment, the one that showed me that other people could get excited about […]