Matt SwisherPacking UpWell, friends, it’s about that time. I’ve experimented with Medium for a few years now. It’s had ups and downs. I’ll admit, I got caught up…2 min read·Jul 19, 2022----
Matt SwisherWhat’s Lost in the Change?[First, it] is the losses, not the changes, that they’re reacting to; and second, that it’s a piece of their world that is being lost, not…3 min read·Jun 23, 2022----
Matt SwisherThe Master and the JesterAs inventive as journalists were, they could not match Satchel’s own poetry. His philosophy of pitching, he explained, was that “it ain’t…3 min read·Jun 22, 2022----
Matt SwisherMindfulness and TechnologyThe challenge isn’t to find better tools to lead a more productive life, it’s learning to be mindful of the tools that have already taken…4 min read·Jun 21, 2022----
Matt SwisherAnother Edition of “Adventures in Missing the Point”“Listen, you have to stop listening to Fox News. Just turn it off. Try another source for news. Try testing their assertions. Try thinking…4 min read·Jun 20, 2022----
Matt SwisherPlay and PrayPuritan sabbaths that eliminated play were a disaster. Secular sabbaths that eliminate prayer are worse. Sabbath-keeping involves both…3 min read·Jun 17, 2022----
Matt SwisherCrawling Off the AltarGod needs living sacrifices. God needs us. But here is the problem with a living sacrifice: I can easily crawl back off the altar again…3 min read·May 31, 2022----
Matt SwisherTo Equip the SaintsOur job is to equip them with the basic tools and resources so that they can spend the rest of their lives daily pursuing their…3 min read·May 26, 2022----
Matt SwisherThe Masks We WearThere were professional black teams, too, the first and best known of which was the Cuban Giants, which began in 1885 when waiters at Long…4 min read·May 25, 2022----
Matt SwisherMore Than PersonalFraming racism as a personal failing, at times even as a mutual problem, PK (Promise Keepers) speakers routinely failed to address…5 min read·May 24, 2022----