Tag: Politics

• How much to say in 2024? How loudly to say it?

  How helpful is it to publicly oppose the MAGA-Trump movement in 2024? I’ve been wondering about this and am struggling to come up with an answer I feel much conviction about. It feels like a lot of people, for a variety of reasons, believe it is necessary to take a vocal stand against the former…

  David Swanson

  January 16, 2024

  Discipleship, Politics

  Christianity, Justice, Politics

• The Priority of Prayer

  Wendell Berry, Jaques Ellul, and a Christian response to technologies and tyranny.

  David Swanson

  October 15, 2018

  culture, news, Politics, theology

  Christianity, Politics, Theology

• Litany for the 2016 Election… and today.

  A president has been elected for whom money is god, for whom celebrity is currency, and for whom laws are manipulated for personal gain.

  David Swanson

  October 3, 2018

  church, Scripture, theology

  Christianity, Politics, Prayer

• Come Get Your Boy

  

  Christian Political Critique in the Age of Nero (and Trump).

  David Swanson

  July 14, 2018

  church, Politics, Scripture, theology

  Christianity, Church, Politics, Trump

• “Can My Children Be Friends With White People?”

  This op-ed in the Times, “Can My Children Be Friends With White People?” is really something. I can’t remember the last time I read something that made me feel so strongly. It begins with these two paragraphs: My oldest son, wrestling with a 4-year-old’s happy struggles, is trying to clarify how many people can be his best…

  David Swanson

  November 20, 2017

  uncategorized

  Politics, race