Category: culture
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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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“Crowds are a worse danger, far worse, than drink or sex.”
I’m finishing up Eugene Peterson’s wonderful memoir, The Pastor, a book I’ve anticipated eagerly since I first learned of it last year. About halfway into the book, in a chapter titled “Company of Pastors,” Peterson includes a letter he wrote to a colleague who was leaving his church for one “three times the size of…
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Is your family normal?
On Sunday afternoon I discovered that our family is not normal. A few days earlier a college freshman contacted us on the recommendation of her professor, who knows our family, to ask whether she could stop by to ask us a few questions and take some photos. She told us that her journalism project focused…
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“Exhibit of American Negroes”
I was directed to these spectacular charts by a Facebook friend. The charts were created by sociology students at Atlanta University under the supervision of W. E. B. DuBois for the “American Negro” exhibit at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900. I learned more about the charts on two design blogs, All My Eyes and Fast…
David W. Swanson 