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David W. Swanson

Pastor and Author

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    • Rediscipling the White Church
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  • faith on campus video contest

    I’ve made the case before that, when done well and with conviction, interfaith dialogue can be very productive.  Engaging in intentional conversation with those of different religious traditions doesn’t have to mean bland, vaguely spiritual-sounding conversations about things that any decent human being would agree with.  At it’s best, the interfaith movement allows for a…

    David Swanson

    November 20, 2009
    culture, theology
    faith on campus video contest, patheos
  • the best of the sarah palin comments

    This blog broke all of it’s records yesterday thanks to WordPress featuring the Sarah Palin post on it’s homepage.  The amount of traffic and nutty comments on a post about a politician bordered on ridiculous, especially given the typically apolitical nature of the blog.  I’ll confess though, it was pretty fun to watch all of…

    David Swanson

    November 18, 2009
    news
  • sarah palin in running shorts?

    Did you see this week’s Newsweek cover featuring Sarah Palin in running shorts?  Apparently the photo was originally taken for an issue of Runners World and was resurrected for the current issue of Newsweek. As Cokie Roberts put it on Good Morning America, “[The photo] is a way of saying, ‘Don’t take this person seriously,…

    David Swanson

    November 17, 2009
    culture, news
    sarah palin
  • on the night stand

    In the days before we adopted our son I asked those of you book-loving parents to chime in with your reading tips.  I was particularly interested in how you find time to read with the (wonderful) addition of children.  You had some great suggestions and as we near the seven month mark as parents I’m…

    David Swanson

    November 16, 2009
    book
    barbara ehrenriech, bright-sided, charles marsh, gilead, home, marilynne robinson, the beloved community
  • happy saturday: hyde park records

    Where do you go to buy your music?  OK, that question assumes a few things.  A) You buy rather than steal (or whatever the appropriate euphemism is) your music.  B) You remain interested enough in new music to purchase the occasional album.  C) You’re old-school enough to buy a non-digitally downloaded album now and then,…

    David Swanson

    November 14, 2009
    music
    hyde park records, rednow, the low anthem
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