Category: justice
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jesus for president
The book I’ve spent the most time with over the past month is Jesus for President, by Shane Claiborne and Chris Haw. My friend Skye sent me the advanced copy for me to review for Leadership. I then heard Shane speak at NPC and got to interview both Shane and Chris on the phone a…
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lament: wartime | rejoice: springtime
Two significant dates, yesterday and today, remind me of the type of world we live in. Yesterday was the 5-year anniversary of the war in Iraq. During the past five years 3,392 US soldiers have died in Iraq. Estimates of Iraqi civilian causalities are much more difficult to come by. The accepted rates of “violent…
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race, church and politics in america
We who live in this corner of the western Chicagoland suburbs tend to be fairly affluent and fairly white. There are plenty of exceptions (as my wife, who works with the working poor, could point out), but by in large we exist within a privileged white culture. One of the implications of this reality is…
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urgent food needs at people’s resource center
Maggie received an email from the People’s Resource Center in downtown Wheaton about some urgent needs for their food pantry. Last time I posted some of these needs a number of you responded by donating food to the pantry. Thanks! Here’s the latest information: We are in urgent need of food at the People’s Resource…
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jim wallis at wheaton college
On Tuesday evening I drove over to the Wheaton College campus to hear Jim Wallis of Sojourners speak on some themes from his new book, The Great Awakening. Given that Wallis has at times been a lightening rod for some Christians, and that he was once banned from speaking at Wheaton (for opposing the Vietnam…
David W. Swanson 