Category: community events
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What would you say about Christianity at an interfaith discussion?
On Wednesday evening I’m participating in an “Interfaith Discussion” at a local university. There are five of us on the panel, each representing our own faith (or non-faith). It is, frankly, a bit intimidating (and impossible) to be the representative of Christianity, but I’ll do my best. Each of the leaders are being asked to…
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Flowers and Trash
One of the things our new church- New Community Covenant Church in Bronzeville– has said repeatedly is that we will exist for the good of our neighbors and neighborhoods. In other words, our times of gathering together for worship are meant to align our minds and heart towards God so that we may be sent…
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4 Days 4 Justice
I’m always on the look out for unexpected Christian conferences. Nothing against those conferences that fit the “usual suspects” bill, but they tend to recycle the same cast of characters and general themes. The upcoming 4 Days 4 Justice at North Park University here in Chicago appears to break from the expected. I’d be curious…
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Hyde Park Community Players
This weekend Maggie is preforming as “The Fool” in W.B. Yeats’ play, On Baile’s Strand. The play features the Irish folkloric character Cuchulain, though I’m pretty sure my wife will steal the show. The play takes place at the Experimental Station in Hyde Park on Friday and Saturday at 7:30 and Sunday at 2:30. Tickets…
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what is your personal food policy?
I really enjoyed The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan when I read it last year and now Maggie is reading that very enlightening and entirely entertaining book. A couple of days ago I saw that Pollan had solicited people’s food rules, or “personal food policies.” Pollan’s request, made via the New York Times, stems from…
David W. Swanson 