Tag: Christianity
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“Confessions From A Christian”
It was a pleasant surprise to see Tomi Obaro, a friend from church, contribute an article to Racialicious, a blog about race and pop culture I read occasionally. In “Confessions From A Christian” Tomi articulates a sentiment I imagine many other Christian college students experience. So often I feel like a minority within a minority…
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Glenn Beck Doesn’t Speak For Me. Or Does He?
By now Glenn Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally on Saturday is old news. The event has been sliced and diced every way possible. I have my own thoughts about the rally, especially the decision- foolish from my angle- to claim the date and location of Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech, but I’ll withhold…
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A Christian Response to Park 51?
I’d like to cautiously dip a toe into the controversial waters of Park 51 (formerly known as Cordoba House), the planned Islamic community center near the World Trade Center site in Manhattan. Not surprisingly, this has become an incredibly polarizing debate with politicking and posturing on all sides. At issue is whether it is appropriate…
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Segregated Churches and Immigration
My latest article for Out of Ur went up a few days ago. In it I attempted to show how the critical need for comprehensive immigration reform offers the American church an opportunity to live up to our calling in some significant ways. Given how polarizing these issues can be, I’ve been pleasantly surprised at…
David W. Swanson 