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The View From Here
Our family spent last Tuesday – our weekly “family day” as Eliot refers to it – at one of our favorite spots, the Chicago Botanic Garden.
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A Chicago Teacher On Strike
The Chicago Public School (CPS) strike has dominated our city’s attention this week and, if I read the news correctly, has become a story of national and even international interest. Like many news stories this one seems to have a dominant narrative. Because our church community includes many teachers I’ve become aware that this narrative…
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Ricardo’s Story
This is Our City is an interesting project by Christianity Today focusing on Christian engagement with cities. The latest video touches a subject we’ve looked at repeatedly on this blog. Take a look.
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A New Sunday Home
For the first couple of years of our church’s short existence we’ve meet at an elementary school on the northern edge of Bronzeville. It’s been a great place for us in so many ways, including a partnership with the community at the school. The only downside was the massive rent that we paid each month,…
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“…cruel optimism…”
Take the well-known slogan on the atheist bus in London. I know, I know, that’s an utterance by the hardcore hobbyists of unbelief, but in this particular case they’re pretty much stating the ordinary wisdom of everyday disbelief. The atheist bus says: “There’s probably no God. So stop worrying and enjoy your life.” All right:…
David W. Swanson
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