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Get Ethnic
When you say your ethnicity is American, there is no American ethnicity. You had to throw away your ethnicity to become American. That’s what it means. That’s what it means. You give up who you are to become American. And you can pretend that it’s OK because you’re white, when we give up who we…
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Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice
My most recent article for Missio Alliance has been posted. The concept of leading up within organizations is common. Leading up, when done well, benefits the entire congregation, as the insights and innovations of youth are brought into conversation with the foresight and wisdom of older generations of godly leadership. This dynamic is important when…
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The View From Here
The Wales Window in Sixteenth Street Baptist Church from a recent trip to Birmingham.
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Review of Whole and Reconciled
I recently reviewed Al Tizon’s new book, Whole and Reconciled for Missio Alliance. One of the defining and disappointing characteristics of western Christianity has been our instinct to bifurcate the church’s mission. Consider, for example, the countless ways we find to debate whether evangelism or justice should be our priority. Is it the church’s primary…
David W. Swanson
Pastor and Author
David W. Swanson 