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The View From Here
Well, there actually. We returned yesterday from a perfect week in western Illinois. Thanks to some generous friends who insist we use their cottage, our family has developed a wonderful rhythm of rest and play every summer. We’re glad to be home but you’ll have to forgive our occasional daydream about the lazy days back…
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“…in trouble most of the time.”
The language of prayer occurs primarily at one level, the personal, and for one purpose, salvation. The human condition teeters on the edge of disaster. Human beings are in trouble most of the time. Those who don’t know they are in trouble are in the worst trouble. Prayer is the language of the people who…
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The View From Here
Route 29, near Senachwine Lake in western Illinois. I’ll never lose the eye for this woman’s beauty.
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The View From Here
Each summer for the past few years our little family has retreated a couple of hours west of the city to a friend’s cottage. There we spend a week together cooking, exploring, swimming, and swinging in the hammock. Also, reading. That last activity requires stacks of books – no e-readers for this family – and…
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Life in the City: Why not Give Up?
A lot of people were shot to death in Chicago this holiday weekend. A whole lot more were shot and survived. I won’t mention how many suffered because the numbers are obscene and the individuals who died deserve more than our passing obsession. Even a city that is accustomed to violence and death feels this…
David W. Swanson
Pastor and Author
David W. Swanson 