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Book Review: The Color of Law
A new $23 million bicycle bridge is being built in our church’s neighborhood of Bronzeville in Chicago two blocks from an elementary school. The bridge will be beautiful, and when it is completed cyclists will cruise past the school on their way to the bike path. Maybe some of them will notice the crumbling entryway…
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Exposing White Lies
We’re right to be appalled by the constant revelations of sexual abuse and assault. But what, exactly, are we shocked about?
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“You know you’ve entered a temple when disagreement is treated as sacrilege. “
You know you’ve entered a temple when disagreement is treated as sacrilege. The animosity directed toward NFL players kneeling at the anthem, protesting police brutality and structural racism, is the sort of acrimony we reserve for infidels. Many professedly “religious” believers will be among those most incensed by resistance to this secular liturgy — a…
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“Can My Children Be Friends With White People?”
This op-ed in the Times, “Can My Children Be Friends With White People?” is really something. I can’t remember the last time I read something that made me feel so strongly. It begins with these two paragraphs: My oldest son, wrestling with a 4-year-old’s happy struggles, is trying to clarify how many people can be his best…
David W. Swanson
Pastor and Author
David W. Swanson 