Category: theology
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The God Who Sees
Here’s a lightly edited version of a recent sermon from Genesis 16. There’s something powerful about being seen. This is especially true when you are used to not being seen; when you’ve been un-seen for so long that you are no longer surprised when people don’t see you. On Friday, our family joined some of…
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Worship → Justice → Worship
I first shared the following post in my newsletter which you can subscribe to here. Last week I shared ten characteristics of biblical justice. (If you’re interested, I expanded the the list into an article for Missio Alliance.) Of those ten, I’ve found myself regularly returning to this one over the past year: justice begins…
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Manifest Destiny and Black Faith
I first shared the following post in my newsletter which you can subscribe to here. Not long ago I noticed how often over the past few years I’ve been returning to the biblical themes of wilderness and exile. There’s a lot to say about these themes and I hope to explore some of them in…
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Christianity ≠ White Supremacy
This was first published in my newsletter earlier this year. Earlier this week I finished Vince L. Bantu’s new book about the global nature of early Christianity, A Multitude of All Peoples. It’s a fascinating look at lots of source material from streams of the ancient church which have largely been ignored by western expressions…
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Preaching grace and justice (at the same time) to whole people
I first wrote this for my weekly newsletter which you can subscribe to here. This week a few video clips from some amazing preachers made their way across my social media feeds. The first was from Rev. William Barber of the Poor People’s Campaign who, despite vehemently opposing this presidential administration, made it clear that…
David W. Swanson 