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David W. Swanson

Pastor and Author

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  • The View From Here

    Spring is arriving and that means after school exploring. EJ decided this rock would now be known as Eagle Rock.   

    David Swanson

    April 1, 2015
    photos
  • “What we believe on the inside can never be removed from what we do on the outside.”

    Yesterday evening I attended a poster show hosted by Iraq Veterans Against the War. I went with a friend who is a veteran and who has worked with this group for a long time. The posters were well done but this particular one caught my eye. A portion at the bottom of the poster read: Joshua…

    David Swanson

    March 21, 2015
    culture, quote, theology
    Christianity, War
  • Martese Johnson and the Unimpressive Work of Justice

    Martese Johnson was bloodied by the police on Wednesday. The UVA student is a graduate of Kenwood Academy, our neighborhood high school and the school my boys may very well attend a few years down the road. You’ll not be surprised to know that Johnson is Black. Hopefully you’ll also not be surprised to know that…

    David Swanson

    March 20, 2015
    justice, news
    Martese Johnson
  • Franklin Graham’s “crude, insensitive, and paternalistic” comments.

    Frankly, Rev. Graham, your insistence that “Blacks, Whites, Latinos, and everybody else” “Listen up,” was crude, insensitive, and paternalistic. Your comments betrayed the confidence that your brothers and sisters in Christ, especially those of color, have afforded your father’s ministry for decades. Your instructions oversimplified a complex and critical problem facing the nation and minimized…

    David Swanson

    March 19, 2015
    news
    Christianity, franklin graham, race
  • The “bizarro-world” of Population Loss in Chicago

    And that’s how we arrived at the bizarro-world reality that Lincoln Park actually lost roughly the same number of housing units as Englewood between 2000 and 2012. You can see how dramatic the effect is by looking at population growth around the borders of downtown: where relatively loose downtown zoning holds sway, the number of…

    David Swanson

    March 17, 2015
    news
    Chicago
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