Category: justice
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more about gaza from the middle east
More on the violence in Gaza from Pilgrim Withou a Shrine, From a secular perspective one might say, “survival of the fittest.” From here it looks more like de-evolution of the species. For those of us from a more religious perspective – did God create us so we could kill each other? Where are the…
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urban exile: will compassion survive this season?
Leadership Journal published my monthly article in their newsletter this month which meant that only an excerpt appeared on the Out of Ur blog. Hopefully enough time has passed for me to legitimately post the article in its entirety here. Urban Exile: Will Compassion Survive This Season? This Christmas the failing economy will test our…
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proposition 8: a christian response?
While walking around downtown Sacramento with my parents last weekend we observed a large group of people protesting the recent passage of Proposition 8. In a nutshell, prop 8 amended the California constitution to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman, thereby reversing an earlier supreme court decision to allow same-sex…
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questions about debates and global poverty
Will you be watching the first presidential debate tonight? After some back and forth this week about whether John McCain would be in Mississippi for the debate it now appears things will proceed as planned. Well, sort of. This debate, hosted by Jim Lehrer of PBS, was supposed to focus on foreign policy and national…
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growing home: a day at the farm
This summer we have done some produce shopping at Chicago’s Green City Market, a huge outdoor farmer’s market in Lincoln Park. One of the organizations we’ve become acquainted with at the market (thanks solely to my wife’s inquisitive nature) is Growing Home. On Saturday we drove out to Growing Home’s farm for their Harvest Fest.…
David W. Swanson 