Category: church

• “Lessons from the Dessert”

  I’m deeply committed to the integration of an interior life that is attached to Jesus and an exterior life that represents Jesus’ priorities of justice and reconciliation in the world. These two postures are sometimes pitted against each other, or one is downplayed while the other is lifted up. My friend Pastor Daniel Hill likes…

  David Swanson

  March 25, 2017

  church, video

  Christianity, race

• Mourning in America

  

  Lamenting our divided churches on the day before the presidential inauguration.

  David Swanson

  January 19, 2017

  church, culture, news, uncategorized

  Christianity, Politics

• Mother Emmanuel and our Broken Bodies

  Before he began killing them, the young white supremacist accepted the hospitality of those gathered for the prayer meeting at Mother Emanuel in Charleston. Forty-eight hours later, our multiracial church made the annual trip north to Wisconsin for our retreat. That first night, a time usually reserved for laughter and the silly games characteristic of church retreats,…

  David Swanson

  January 10, 2017

  church, stories

  Christianity, Mother Emanuel

• The Way Out of Trouble

  

  A Sermon for the Fourth Sunday of Advent

  David Swanson

  December 20, 2016

  church, church calendar, uncategorized

  Advent, Christianity, sermon

• My Fantasy

  A daydream I indulge in regularly these days.

  David Swanson

  December 17, 2016

  church, uncategorized

  Christianity, Election