Month: July 2008
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“the meaning of july fourth for the negro”
Given on July 5, 1852, Frederick Douglass’ famous speech, The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro, is profound in many ways. Two excerpts: What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? I answer; a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty…
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birthday gifts
My family knows me very well. For my birthday I was given gift certificates for Amazon.com. On Saturday I used some of the money to order the following… Sigur Ros, Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust Radiohead, In Rainbows The National, Boxer Gilead: A Novel by Marilynne Robinson The Fidelity of Betrayal: Towards a…
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papa festival (3)
As previously mentioned, those of us at this year’s People Against Poverty and Apathy Festival (PAPA Festival) were an eclectic bunch. The Swanson/Davidson clan spent a few conversations wondering what the commonalities were that brought people to Plow Creek Farm for the weekend. I think Bob was the first to notice a major theme among…
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consuming jesus
A few weeks back I mentioned that Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church was one of the top-3 books I’ve read this year. On Thursday I had the chance to interview the author, Dr Paul Louis Metzger, over the phone for Leadership Journal. Dr Metzger was very generous with his…
David W. Swanson 