Tag: Christianity

• Advent: Hope

  

  Advent has become one of the most important seasons of the year for me. My recognition of this ancient Christian season – beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas – was born out of my frustration with the hyper-consumerism associated with the holidays. The discovery, as one who’d not grown up with an awareness of…

  David Swanson

  November 13, 2016

  book, book reviews

  Advent, Book Review, Books, Christianity, Christmas

• Chief Wahoo and Repentance

  

  An offensive mascot demands more than critique.

  David Swanson

  November 1, 2016

  justice, race, theology

  Christianity, race, World Series

• Time to Resist

  

  I can come to no other conclusion, no other possibility in this disorienting moment.

  David Swanson

  August 25, 2016

  culture, justice, news

  Christianity, Donald Trump, Politics

• The Ida B. Wells Papers

  3 Observations from a Remarkable Woman.

  David Swanson

  July 14, 2016

  Chicago, news

  Chicago, Christianity, Ida B. Wells

• Be Alert! (Or, Get Woke. Stay Woke.)

  

  A Sermon from Mark 13:1-37 after the murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.

  David Swanson

  July 11, 2016

  church, justice, Scripture, theology

  Alton Sterling, Bible, Christianity, Jesus, Philando Castile, sermon, Theology