Category: book reviews
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Educating All God’s Children
My review of Nicole Baker Fulgham’s book, Educating All God’s Children, has been posted at the Englewood Review of Books. You’ll see that I really liked this book and I recommend it highly to anyone interested in education in America. There will be forty-nine fewer public schools in Chicago when fall rolls around in a few…
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Dangerous Calling
My review of Dangerous Calling by Paul David Trip in the January print edition of Christianity Today has now been posted on their website. There is a disheartening rite of passage every young pastor faces. And though it was almost 10 years ago, I remember my own moment clearly. “Have you heard?” asked my senior pastor when…
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My 5 Favorite Books of 2012
During the year I collect a list of the books I read and then, in a completely unscientific process, choose the five I most highly recommend to you. This year I read 27 books – a pittance compared to some of your lists, but still enough to make choosing five a small challenge. Previous years’…
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We Sinners
I’ve been a pastor for about a decade and there have been plenty of surprises along the way- aspects of my job I hadn’t associated with the pastorate. Most of these I’m now accustomed too but one continues to catch me off guard: pastoring those who are leaving the Faith. Having grown up in a…
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The Welcoming Congregation
I’ve written another book review for the Englewood Review of Books. “You’re going to preach an entire sermon series about hospitality?” This was a friend’s confused response as I was sharing about my preaching plans. She conceded that hospitality might merit some discussion but couldn’t imagine that the topic warranted more than one sermon. Her…
David W. Swanson 