Category: church
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Bits and Pieces
It’s been a long week with little time to blog, but I wanted to jot down a few things that have been happening and are coming up. I’m spending today at a camp somewhere in Michigan with the University of Chicago’s Asian-American and Multi-ethnic IVCF chapters. They’ve asked me to speak three times on the…
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Does Theological Cluelessness = Church Segregation?
I want to make a connection between two different articles I read this afternoon and I’m curious whether you see the same correlations. The first was a synopsis on CNN of a new sociological study explaining why American churches remain so segregated. A subscription is needed to access the entire article but the abstract provides…
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The Multi-ethnic Church Conference
I’ve meant to mention the upcoming Multi-ethnic Church Conference a few times. There’s still plenty of time to register and if you do so before Friday, October 8th the fee is only $99.00 (use code “MOSAIX10” for the discount). I’m not a big conference guy and can’t make it out to San Diego November 2-3…
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Church Updates
A couple of weeks ago our church had our fall kick-off. This was mostly an excuse to have a picnic while the weather is still nice and to preach a couple of sermons about our identity as a church. Christine Otte took some beautiful photos during the service and lunch. You can see more of…
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Three Months Until Christmas
We’ve scaled back our Christmas gift giving over the past few years. I’m not sure who in my extended family first had the idea, but at some point we began making donations to favorite charities in lieu of presents. At Christmastime we can count on a few greetings cards letting us know which organization or…
David W. Swanson 