Category: justice

• trade: the best film i’ll never see again

  Back in January I had the chance to spend a few days at a film festival with some friends. Over the course of 5 days we saw a bunch of films (I can’t actually remember how many), but none of them impacted me as much as Trade. Inspired by an article in the New York…

  David Swanson

  October 2, 2007

  film, justice

• parkview’s homeless ministry

  A couple of Sundays ago, while walking through the PCC lobby, I peaked into the gym to see how things were going for the MANNA class. If you don’t know, MANNA is the Parkview ministry to those who are experiencing homelessness. I was amazed to see how many people were in the class. When I…

  David Swanson

  September 30, 2007

  church, justice, stories

• God Grew Tired of Us

  Often while watching a film I will think of people who I think would enjoy it. This week while watching the 2006 documentary, God Grew Tired of Us, I thought, Every Parkview person should see this film. Seriously, that’s what I thought. Many of us know some of the story of the lost boys of…

  David Swanson

  September 27, 2007

  film, justice

• feed my starving children: SUDAN

  Given the response of the last volunteer opportunity with FMSC, and given PCC’s involvement with Sudan relief in the past, this just seemed like too perfect of an opportunity to pass up. I just received this email from Beatrice Pedersen, the Chicago Director of Development for FMSC:

  David Swanson

  September 17, 2007

  community events, justice

• the junky car club

  I think I just joined the coolest car club ever. Seriously. The Junky Car Club is a car club whose members are learning to live with less so we can give more. We’re a bunch of happy drivers that are politely rebelling against consumerism by driving junky cars. We encourage our members to use their…

  David Swanson

  September 13, 2007

  funny, justice, random