Category: book
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immigration? no. torture? yes. christian? for sure.
This morning I finished the very excellent book by Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang, Welcoming the Stranger: Justice, Compassion, and Truth in the Immigration Debate. I’ll post a more thorough review later, but the following paragraph in the second to last chapter caught my eye and is worth sharing here. Indeed, there does seem to…
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eugene peterson tells it slant
Eugene Peterson has been a favorite author for a few years now. Widely known for The Message translation of the Bible, my first exposure to the author and pastor came in grad school when we were assigned Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity. A few pages in and it became apparent that Peterson…
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welcoming the stranger
A quick look at a book from IVP Books about immigration that I’m just starting. more about “Welcoming the Stranger on Vimeo”, posted with vodpod Anyone read Welcoming the Stranger by Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang? Any initial thoughts on the immigration debate?
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the writing life
This afternoon we returned from a few peaceful days at our friends’ home near Princeton, Il. A detour allowed us a quick stop at Plow Creek Farm, site of last summer’s PAPA Festival, to pick raspberries. As hoped for, our vacation days were lazily spent cooking, walking, playing, and reading. Lots of reading. Of the…
David W. Swanson 