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A prayer for Trinity Sunday

God.In the beginning.In the beginning, you.In the beginning, things were good.In the beginning you created creatively. You created vibrantly. You created gloriously. You created potential and reality, and it was very good. God.We are not in the beginning any more.Things feel chaotic more than creative.Things feel failed and flawed and fearful rather than good. God.Your […]

by Jon Swanson

A programming note.

As I said the other day, there is foundation work going on around our house. And I’m in the process of changing how these posts are sent to some subscribers. I’ll not post anything on Friday, 29 May 2026 while I’m in process. I’ll be back on Sunday. That prayer is already scheduled. So if […]

by Jon Swanson

Real identity

Rich Dixon wants to help us understand identity: +++ I had the opportunity recently to speak about our kids. Hard to know what to say in 5 minutes, but I decided to talk about identity. It fit nicely because our pastor recently spoke about the same topic. He listed all the places people seek identity […]

by Jon Swanson

Foundation work.

Today promises to be an amazing day for a four-year-old who has been digging around our yard for a couple years. He’ll get to see an excavator actually digging where his kid-size excavator has worked with great effectiveness and imagination. Today will also be a significant day for his grandparents who have been concerned for […]

by Jon Swanson

As fast.

I had failed deeply. When gathering up Ben’s things after a sleepover, I put Pillow in the Aldi bag. And Letters the bear and Santa Penguin and the water bottle. And the little green stuffed whatever. When his dad came (“Hi Dada”), I remembered the other bag. And Piggy One and the leftovers. We waved […]