Kristin Swenson

A Patriotic Act of Faith for Environmental Protection and Climate Justice

*Related: Join folks in RVA Aug. 18, 6pm for follow-up Hands Across Our Land rally!* (The following article first appeared on The Huffington Post) George Jones is still serving his country. Navy vet (Korea) and lifetime resident of Virginia, Mr. Jones bused to Richmond to take his message of American responsibility to the governor. That […]

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Worship in the Sunday Morning Not-Church

Blog, Church, Work, Writing / kswenson

Sunday morning, and everyone else is at church. Well, not everyone, exactly, and that’s just it. I’ve been thinking a lot lately about not-church church. This morning, post beach vacation at the in-laws and suddenly solo for a few days, I feel adrift. The writing projects, both fiction and non-fiction, that have so energized me

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Firefly’s “Broken Bible”

Bible and Pop Culture, Future of faith / kswenson

If the Bible’s broken, can it be fixed? You owe it to yourself to watch some of the old tv series Firefly, even if you were one of the lucky few who caught it when it was first broadcast. In the “Jaynestown” episode, idiot savante River gets ahold of Shepherd’s Bible and sees how little

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Suspicion and Being Desperate

Uncategorized / kswenson

Eliza Griswold’s story of meeting the Ethiopian monk said to guard the Ark of the Covenant includes his saying, “two things keep you from God: suspicion and being desperate.” I like it. His explanation is less compelling, but so what? Its bare bones are worth contemplating.

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Ah, the Insecurity of Security!

Uncategorized / kswenson

Turns out that in order to comment on my Good Morning America essay, you need to “register.” The good news: I was told that you can use “ANY alias and even a bogus email.” So much for security. Thanks for posting to the site!

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Can Learning Be A Spiritual Exercise?

Biblical Literacy / kswenson

Can learning be a spiritual exercise? Check out my Good Morning America essay and plz comment. I’d love to hear your ideas on the topic!

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Talkin’ about the Bible

Biblical Literacy, books, Writing / kswenson

Wonderful to see so many people at the Charlottesville Barnes and Noble last Wed eve! As moderator David Bearinger noted, Winn Collier’s Holy Curiosity and my Bible Babel are very different projects, though both concern the Bible. The Virginia Festival of the Book (a Virginia Foundation for the Humanities event) has included panels on religion and spirituality in the past but not

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