Tag: Christianity
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The Color of Life
I recently reviewed Cara Meredith’s new book, The Color of Life, for The Englewood Review of Books. On October 1, 1962, James Meredith enrolled in the University of Mississippi for his final year of college. What should have been a straightforward process involving applications and recommendations was anything but easy. Riots broke out on campus…
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“…the thought of the church participating and even sanctioning it pushes me right over the edge.”
The realization of creation’s inclusion in God’s reconciliation project should disturb us, for we have done great violence to the earth and its inhabitants. By assaulting creation we have assaulted ourselves and thwarted God’s will for the world. Based on a fault theology of dominion, the church has helped to perpetuate the idea that the…
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Courageous Discipleship in an Idolatrous Nation
A sermon from 1 Thessalonians 1 on the Martin Luther King Day weekend, following the miscarriage of justice for Laquan McDonald.
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Children, Discipleship, and the Painful Way of Jesus
This morning I wrapped up a draft chapter about children’s ministry for the book on discipleship and race I’m working on. I began my ministry serving children, but that’s been quite a few years ago so it was good to spend a couple of weeks reading and thinking deeply about the church’s kids. There were…
David W. Swanson 