#VoteWithMe
September 28, 2020
These ballots are our powerful ticket to a better future. So vote with me. We make Minnesota better off together. … More #VoteWithMe
Author: Javen Swanson
Associate Pastor at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church in St. Paul, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Husband to Oby Ballinger. Progressive. Math nerd. Gustavus Adolphus College and Yale Divinity School alum.
God’s Extravagant Generosity
September 20, 2020
God’s extravagant grace is deeply offensive until we realize that sometimes we are the Ninevites who have been spared God’s wrath, that we are the ones who had been standing around until evening and only worked a few hours but still got a full day’s wage. Sometimes we are the ones the world deems unworthy yet somehow still receive mercy. God’s grace extends even to us. … More God’s Extravagant Generosity
Treat Others the Way They Want to Be Treated
September 9, 2020
As a white person, I can’t assume the experience of people of color is just like mine, or that they want to be treated the same way I want to be treated. I need to do the work to understand how they want to be treated—and why. … More Treat Others the Way They Want to Be Treated
Investing in One Another
September 6, 2020
We are not to have conflict the way the world has conflict–to exchange angry words or resort to name calling. Nor are we supposed to give up and walk away. When one person has harmed another we have to confront it. But Jesus says, the goal is not vengeance or punishment but reconciliation, restoration, relationship. … More Investing in One Another
Politics, Vulnerability, and Connection
August 19, 2020
Holing ourselves up in ideological bunkers shields us from vulnerable encounters, which are actually the very thing that create connection and overcome loneliness. … More Politics, Vulnerability, and Connection
