Tag: Chicago
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A Chicago Teacher On Strike
The Chicago Public School (CPS) strike has dominated our city’s attention this week and, if I read the news correctly, has become a story of national and even international interest. Like many news stories this one seems to have a dominant narrative. Because our church community includes many teachers I’ve become aware that this narrative…
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Why does murder matter more in Colorado than Chicago?
The Colorado movie theater shooting was tragic and has rightly received significant media focus. Twelve lives lost is twelve too many. Given the amount of media attention devoted to this tragedy it might seem that murder on this scale is unique but, as Murtaza Hussain in Salon points out, it’s not. [As] heinous as the…
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The View From Here
This sculpture, Monument to the Great Migration by Alison Saar, is located in Bronzeville just a couple of blocks north of where our church gathers for worship. The View From Here
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Winter in Chicago
These predictions from AccuWeather about this coming winter will evoke different feelings depending on where you live and your disposition towards cold weather. Those of us in Chicago have this to look forward to: Chicago, which endured a monster blizzard last winter, could be one of the hardest-hit cities in terms of both snow and…
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The 1919 Chicago Race Riot
On Sunday we began a new sermon series, one I’ve been thinking about for a while. I’ve called this collection of four sermons The Beloved Community, borrowing a phrase made popular by Dr. King. Beginning on Sunday our church started looking at the beauty of God-intentioned diversity and how quickly it turns towards disparity and…
David W. Swanson 