OUR MISSION AT
SWORD & SWAN
IS TO ENCOURAGE,
CREATE, AND
PROMOTE RELEVANT
WRITTEN, AUDIO
AND VIDEO MEDIA
FOR THe BENEFIT
OF THE CHURCH
AND THE WORLD.
THEOLOGICAL
INTEGRITY
Our work is centered on the proclamation of Jesus Christ crucified and risen. Our work is biblical, creedal, confessional, and Christ-centered.
CLARITY OF
COMMUNICATION
Our work strives to communicate truth with clarity, grace, and focus. In a world with countless voices vying for our attention, we aspire to speak the Christian story in the language of the people through a variety of mediums.
COMMUNITY
eNGAGEMENT
We believe the publishing process does not need to be an individual process. Rather, we draw on the resources, skills, and encouragement given to us in our family of faith. Our creativity and our life together go hand-in-hand.
How does it work?
We welcome inquiries about partnering on creative
projects. From start to finish, we take a community
approach to publishing a creating.
CONTACT: Let us know about your potential project! Submit your project in whatever form it might be in: outline, concept, overview, etc. If we believe this project is in line with our mission and values, we will follow onto the next step. If not, we will do our best to refer your idea to another publisher or process that may be a better fit.
CLARITY: We will work with you to develop an initial vision of what this project would look like and how we can best move it forward. The vision could include type of publishing, financing, steps forward, and desired impact.
COMMUNITY: We will pair you up with a team of our Fellows. This team will work with you from start to finish, offering advice, encouragement, accountability, and the honesty you need to perfect your craft and bring your project to completion.
PUBLISHING: We will hand the completed project off for edits, design, and printing or e-publishing.
COMMUNICATION: We partner with you to communicate your published work to the church and world.
who IS SWORD & SWAN?
We are a group of men and women from a variety of vocations striving to support, encourage, and promote the work of those who are telling God’s story through their creative work. Our aim is to make it possible for their voices to speak into the church and world through the creation of written, visual, and audio media.
Our Board of Fellows partner with creatives, offering counsel, direction, and encouragement from the beginning to the end of projects. The diverse education and professional experience of each member bring a variety of unique perspectives to our leadership.
The Fellows are the face of Sword and Swan and maintain both the quality and voice of the media house. A creator will come to know the Fellows through feedback, mentorship, encouragement, and critique. The community approach offered by our Fellows is part of what makes Sword and Swan unique.
BRAD MALONE Co-Founder
Brad is Senior Pastor at Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Seattle, Washington. He has served in helping plant a church, start a missional gathering and movement within The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, and served in various leadership roles within the Northwest District of the LCMS. Most of all he enjoys connecting with his neighbors and leading the churches in Seattle toward the future in a city and culture that pushes ministry outside of the norm. Brad is a graduate of Concordia University—Nebraska, holds an MA in International Relations from Webster University and received an MDIV from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. He is the husband of Christy and father to Esther and Iris and enjoys hiking, rowing, and scotch.
JOHN RASMUSSEN Co-Founder
John is the Associate Pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church in South Windsor, Connecticut. He graduated from Concordia University, Seward with a BA in Spanish, and holds an MDiv from Concordia Seminary St. Louis. He also earned a DMin from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in the area of Applied Apologetics. He blogs regularly at The Beggars Blog on issues of theology, culture, and apologetics. He and his wife, Kelly have three children. He enjoys reading, writing, and running.
what do we publish?
Churches often spend endless hours creating their own media,
or end up using media from other Christian traditions because
no relevant options exist within their own. What if music, videos,
curriculum, and artwork produced by local churches could be
accessible in a central location? Now they can! We encourage
creative thinkers to work together for the benefit of the Church
and its mission through the creative mediums listed below.
Make a contribution
We are a network of individuals working towards one goal.
We depend in large part upon the generosity of others to bring our
projects to publishing. By your financial support, you are making
it possible for voices to reach out into the church and world!
