Category: Discipleship
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Loving Opposition
This was first published in my newsletter earlier this year. On Wednesday, two weeks prior to the election, our church began two weeks of prayer and fasting. For a template we are using a list of 10 commitments that Dr. King’s movement used in the non-violent movement in Birmingham. Each weekday we’re reflecting on one…
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Your vote matters less than you think. But also, way more.
This was first published in my newsletter earlier this year. No matter who wins the election, God is still sovereign! How many versions of this sentiment have you heard expressed during an election cycle? In my experience, this sort of exhortation is common in white Christian circles. It’s deployed to lessen partisan tensions and to…
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Local Countercultures of Reconciliation and Justice
This was first published in my newsletter earlier this year. I’ve recently been listening to “Motive”, a podcast produced by our local NPR station about the rise of of neo-Nazi skinheads in Chicago and beyond in the 1980’s. It’s pretty troubling stuff, as you can imagine, and it’s hard not to make connections to the…
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The Truth of the Protest
This was first published in my newsletter earlier this year. Why is it that you can know how terribly something will turn out and still be devastated when it does? This is what I was wondering on Wednesday afternoon after the grand jury declined to indict anyone for Breonna Taylor’s killing. When I read about…
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Acknowledgment is better than ignorance. Confession is even better.
This was first published in my newsletter earlier this year. I’m sure some of you saw the new research about Christians and racial justice released by Barna this week. Here are a few relevant sections: There is actually a significant increase in the percentage of practicing Christians who say race is “not at all” a…
David W. Swanson 