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The Family Bakery
We’re spending the week visiting family we haven’t seen in far too long. Most of my mom’s side of the family is centered around Bellingham, Washington. This afternoon my grandmother took Maggie and I on a short walk to the building that used to house her grandfather’s bakery. The building long ago passed from the…
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On the Night Stand
Later this summer our family is taking a week vacation where our primary activities will be cooking, napping and reading. I’m interested in what books you’d recommend I bring; I’m especially interested in fiction as I read far too few novels. I’m coming to the end of Manning Marble’s fantastic new biography of Malcolm X. …
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Everything Is Evangelism
This is why St. Paul in his letters does not find it necessary to urge his readers to be active in evangelism but does find it necessary to warn them against any compromise with the rulers of this age. Leslie Newbigin’s words about evangelism in The Gospel in a Pluralistic Society will catch some readers…
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Commencement Speech
Not long ago I asked for your suggestions about what to say in my commencement speech to the eighth grade graduates at the school where our church meets. You had some quite helpful ideas, many which made their way into the speech. I’m happy to say that the address seemed to go well and I…
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The Sabbath, the Stranger, and Commodification
An article I wrote about the Sabbath and undocumented immigrants is now up at UnDocumented.tv. Does anyone keep the Sabbath anymore? I’ve come to the conclusion that the fourth commandment is the most ignored of the Ten Commandments. If we did keep Sabbath, I wonder how our thoughts about our undocumented neighbors might change. The…
David W. Swanson
Pastor and Author
David W. Swanson 