Sherin Mathew Swift
@sherinswift.com
speaker | writer | trauma + abuse survivor
atheist turned pastor @nlfnyc | MDiv
contemplative | discipled in Black church
2ndGen 🇮🇳 | married 🇦🇺 | non-toxic optimist
sherinswift.com/quicklinks
atheist turned pastor @nlfnyc | MDiv
contemplative | discipled in Black church
2ndGen 🇮🇳 | married 🇦🇺 | non-toxic optimist
sherinswift.com/quicklinks
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Sherin Mathew Swift
@sherinswift.com
· Jun 16
A reminder - As Christians, it is not enough to minimize the harm we do to one another - we must be active in building peace, seeking justice, and tearing down the walls that divide just as Christ did. He continues his work through us!
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"Of these 5,373 [detained by ICE since the government shutdown], there was a net increase of 5,209 more individuals with no criminal history – some 97 percent of the total net increase. Only 3 percent had a criminal conviction even including minor traffic offenses."
tracreports.org/reports/767/
tracreports.org/reports/767/
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"Of these 5,373 [detained by ICE since the government shutdown], there was a net increase of 5,209 more individuals with no criminal history – some 97 percent of the total net increase. Only 3 percent had a criminal conviction even including minor traffic offenses."
tracreports.org/reports/767/
tracreports.org/reports/767/
I really didn't want to be a Christian. I had a lot of issues with the church and people who claimed to follow Christ.
I also had a lot of questions for God. I still do.
28 years ago, my future seemed dark and...
I also had a lot of questions for God. I still do.
28 years ago, my future seemed dark and...
November 14, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I really didn't want to be a Christian. I had a lot of issues with the church and people who claimed to follow Christ.
I also had a lot of questions for God. I still do.
28 years ago, my future seemed dark and...
I also had a lot of questions for God. I still do.
28 years ago, my future seemed dark and...
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
"The prophetic tasks of the church are to tell the truth in a society that lives in illusion, grieve in a society that practices denial, and express hope in a society that lives in despair." -Walter Breuggemann
July 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"The prophetic tasks of the church are to tell the truth in a society that lives in illusion, grieve in a society that practices denial, and express hope in a society that lives in despair." -Walter Breuggemann
Do others around you think of Christians as people of peace, or as people of hostility?
And has your presence in those spaces - your witness - shifted that narrative at all toward peace?
And has your presence in those spaces - your witness - shifted that narrative at all toward peace?
July 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Do others around you think of Christians as people of peace, or as people of hostility?
And has your presence in those spaces - your witness - shifted that narrative at all toward peace?
And has your presence in those spaces - your witness - shifted that narrative at all toward peace?
Once again, I'm reminded that jet lag is so much more than sleeping at the right times... it's also the brain fog that comes with the missed sleep or the shift in schedule....
July 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Once again, I'm reminded that jet lag is so much more than sleeping at the right times... it's also the brain fog that comes with the missed sleep or the shift in schedule....
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
A newly completed investigation by Wyoming’s largest county found no evidence of noncitizen voting in the 2024 elections, undercutting claims used to justify the state’s controversial proof of citizenship law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Wyoming’s Largest County Finds No Evidence of Noncitizen Voting, Undermining State’s Anti-Voting Law
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:37 PM
A newly completed investigation by Wyoming’s largest county found no evidence of noncitizen voting in the 2024 elections, undercutting claims used to justify the state’s controversial proof of citizenship law. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
“For some of us, it is hard work to craft a sermon that sounds like our own voice and still meets the demands of the pulpit in our context.”
Read more reflections on culture and preaching in my recent substack article
Read more reflections on culture and preaching in my recent substack article
Woman in the Pulpit: Direct and Indirect Communication
Preaching at the intersection of culture, gender and faith
open.substack.com
July 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
“For some of us, it is hard work to craft a sermon that sounds like our own voice and still meets the demands of the pulpit in our context.”
Read more reflections on culture and preaching in my recent substack article
Read more reflections on culture and preaching in my recent substack article
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
If the GOP reconciliation bill passes, ICE gets through FY2029:
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
- $45 billion for detention, on top of the current annual budget of $3.4 billion
- $14.4 billion for transportation and removal, on top of the current annual budget of $750 million
- $8 billion for hiring/retention
- Billions more.
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June 29, 2025 at 6:05 PM
ICE *already* can't meet their detainment numbers without rounding up children, veterans, people born in the U.S., people with no criminal records, people at immigration hearings, plus academics and visitors with valid visas.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
So who do they plan to detain with >10x the budget?
The answer is: you.
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
(Published April)
(Published April)
Trump’s NOAA Budget Cuts Could Gut Critical Climate Modeling
Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.
www.propublica.org
July 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The total loss of NOAA’s office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research —a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling — represents a setback for climate preparedness that experts warn the nation may never recover from.
(Published April)
(Published April)
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
"The category of bystander is not morally neutral. Bystanders were complicit. Their complicity enabled the horrors to proceed, unchecked." @kkdumez.bsky.social kristindumez.substack.com/p/standing-b...
Standing by
Resisting tyranny starts with resisting the allure of being a bystander
kristindumez.substack.com
June 29, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"The category of bystander is not morally neutral. Bystanders were complicit. Their complicity enabled the horrors to proceed, unchecked." @kkdumez.bsky.social kristindumez.substack.com/p/standing-b...
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
weird how we see these guys find their spines when they aren’t running again — proving they’ve always been more concerned with keeping their jobs than DOING their jobs
🔥 North Carolina Republican Tillis is now on the senate floor spitting truth bombs about #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer kicking millions off of health coverage — unleashed after announcing his retirement in the wake of Trump attacking him for opposing it.
June 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
weird how we see these guys find their spines when they aren’t running again — proving they’ve always been more concerned with keeping their jobs than DOING their jobs
A reminder - As Christians, it is not enough to minimize the harm we do to one another - we must be active in building peace, seeking justice, and tearing down the walls that divide just as Christ did. He continues his work through us!
June 16, 2025 at 3:28 AM
A reminder - As Christians, it is not enough to minimize the harm we do to one another - we must be active in building peace, seeking justice, and tearing down the walls that divide just as Christ did. He continues his work through us!
22 years of marriage today! 🥰
May 24, 2025 at 11:50 PM
22 years of marriage today! 🥰
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
May 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
I had the great honor of hearing Rev. Munther Isaac speak at Yale last night. I've been contemplating his words and charge to Christians, that we simply be honest about what is happening, even under the pressure to soften or edit it.
March 30, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I had the great honor of hearing Rev. Munther Isaac speak at Yale last night. I've been contemplating his words and charge to Christians, that we simply be honest about what is happening, even under the pressure to soften or edit it.
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
February 3, 2025 at 11:19 AM
What’s his beef against USAID in particu….oh. Wow.
A stump may be a strange image but it reminds us that the areas of our lives that seem dead, wounded or even marred beyond recognition, are not beyond the possibility of life and newness.
open.substack.com/pub/sherinsw...
open.substack.com/pub/sherinsw...
December 20, 2024 at 9:10 PM
A stump may be a strange image but it reminds us that the areas of our lives that seem dead, wounded or even marred beyond recognition, are not beyond the possibility of life and newness.
open.substack.com/pub/sherinsw...
open.substack.com/pub/sherinsw...
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
not only does murdoch own bible gateway, he uses your bible reading habits to determine your "preferences, opinions and emotions” and sells that info to whoever he wants.
December 6, 2024 at 5:43 PM
not only does murdoch own bible gateway, he uses your bible reading habits to determine your "preferences, opinions and emotions” and sells that info to whoever he wants.
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
If you use our tool to get your own file, here’s how to help our team learn more about the ways insurers deny claims … www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
December 7, 2024 at 4:09 AM
If you use our tool to get your own file, here’s how to help our team learn more about the ways insurers deny claims … www.propublica.org/getinvolved/...
Reposted by Sherin Mathew Swift
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
December 2, 2024 at 6:19 PM
“Don’t feed the trolls” also extends to bad opinion pieces in papers of record.
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
They run them bc people react to them the most.
If we stop linking to bad columns and instead post thinkers we find valuable (& generate convo around it), incentives change.
It’s not easy and takes constant practice!
It is fun for me to see South Indian cuisine get it's due! So many think of Indian food as a narrow handful of dishes. Also, it is a little weird hearing it described like this, but I'll take it. (I can't read the full article.)
Fluffy, tender and slightly tangy, idli is a South Indian breakfast staple. Serve them with coconut chutney and sambar. nyti.ms/3ATz1Se
November 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
It is fun for me to see South Indian cuisine get it's due! So many think of Indian food as a narrow handful of dishes. Also, it is a little weird hearing it described like this, but I'll take it. (I can't read the full article.)
I figure it might be time to try this... looking forward to finding my people!
November 15, 2024 at 8:32 PM
I figure it might be time to try this... looking forward to finding my people!