We are seeing who we are, America. And we’re seeing who we could be—if more good people move and more good people speak.
About John Pavlovitz
Bending the Arc of the Universe
The arc of the universe does not bend towards justice without us. It never has. It never will.
The arc of the universe does not bend towards justice without us. It never has. It never will.
The World is Better With You in It (On World Suicide Prevention Week)
I see what your presence means here, and because of that I also realize what your absence would mean.
I see what your presence means here, and because of that I also realize what your absence would mean.
Colin Kaepernick Was Right About Us
It isn’t surprising that the folks so violently shaken by Colin Kaepernick profess to defend a freedom they don’t like him exercising.
It isn’t surprising that the folks so violently shaken by Colin Kaepernick profess to defend a freedom they don’t like him exercising.
Dear World, Here’s Some Good News
If you believe that angry, hateful, harmful people are in the majority, that's fake news.
If you believe that angry, hateful, harmful people are in the majority, that’s fake news.
I Grew Up in the Catholic Church. Its Abuses Aren’t Surprising
We need to love our children enough not to place them in harm’s way, in the name of a God who is often invoked by adults who damage them.
We need to love our children enough not to place them in harm’s way, in the name of a God who is often invoked by adults who damage them.
What Not to Say to Grieving People
What we so desire to be healing can so easily make it worse.
What we so desire to be healing can so easily make it worse.
Hateful People Are Exhausting
I will be a person of love here or I will die trying.
I will be a person of love here or I will die trying.
An Open Letter to Those Who Still Give a Damn
Blessed are the damn-givers, for they will right-side the world.
Blessed are the damn-givers, for they will right-side the world.
Good People Don’t Defend a Bad Man
Generally speaking, there are things that good people do and things good people don’t do.
Generally speaking, there are things that good people do and things good people don’t do.
These Protests Have Never Been About a Flag, an Anthem, or the Military
To come to the defense of a piece of cloth or a song, and not to the people beneath these protests is willful sin.
To come to the defense of a piece of cloth or a song, and not to the people beneath these protests is willful sin.
For Those Who Hurt On Mother’s Day
For some, this day is an injury that happens every year.
For some, this day is an injury that happens every year.
4 Promises From a Christian Pastor Dad if His Children Turn Out to be Gay
A Christian Pastor, and father of two, has thought long and hard about the possibility that a child of his might turn out to be gay. Here are his four promises if that happens.
Saving the Small World
There is in fact, a world that you are fully capable of saving and perfectly positioned to do so in these very seconds.
There is in fact, a world that you are fully capable of saving and perfectly positioned to do so in these very seconds.
If Your Children Came Home This Week
America needs to recover its outrage.
America needs to recover its outrage.
He Had a Dream. This Wasn’t it.
May we who share his dream, steward it well until it is no longer a dream at all—but the glorious reality of our national daylight.
May we who share his dream, steward it well until it is no longer a dream at all—but the glorious reality of our national daylight.