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the american patriot’s bible
I’ve been following an intriguing series of reviews of the recently released American Patriot’s Bible over at Out of Ur. Greg Boyd’s reviews (part one and part two) and the response today by the book’s editor, Richard G. Lee, have been particularly interesting in light of the comments from my question about preaching and Memorial…
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preaching on memorial day weekend
I have a pastoral question for you: What, if anything, should a pastor say on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend? We are visiting family in Mason City, IA and, as is often the case, I preached at First Covenant Church on today. This is the church where my aunt Tammy Swanson-Draheim is the pastor…
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the garden is in the ground
On the fight slavery, eat locally post a couple of weeks ago Karen commented on the merits of the backyard garden. We are lucky enough to rent from folks who appreciate the taste of fresh tomatoes and herbs and enthusiastically allow us to use their yard for our container garden. The risk of frost in…
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to withdraw or engage… is not the question
Last Tuesday the church community group I facilitate talked about the difficulty of following Jesus. More specifically we looked at the tendency to measure our “success” as Christians with the standard metrics available to secular culture. To illustrate, some Christians see their isolation from pop culture as a sign of their commitment to Jesus while…
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and then there were three
It is with gratitude that we introduce our son, Eliot Swanson. Papers have been signed and now we simply get to enjoy him. I’ll write more about Eliot later, but for now I want to thank you for your interest and support as we’ve walked through this process. This virtual introduction hardly does him or…
David W. Swanson
Pastor and Author
David W. Swanson 