America is increasingly lonely.
About John Pavlovitz
Hashtag Activism Alone Won’t Save Us
They do nothing but hold space and give a little false hope to people who are slowly drowning.
They do nothing but hold space and give a little false hope to people who are slowly drowning.
Not Voting is Not a ‘Statement’
It’s allowing your future to be determined by other people and pretending that’s a moral victory.
It’s allowing your future to be determined by other people and pretending that’s a moral victory.
I Resist Because I’m a Christian
It is not a political affiliation that moves me, but a moral conviction, a spiritual agitation.
It is not a political affiliation that moves me, but a moral conviction, a spiritual agitation.
If You Don’t Care About Kurds Dying—You’re Not Pro-life
I gotta hand it to you, that’s a profound dissonance to maintain.
I gotta hand it to you, that’s a profound dissonance to maintain.
When Fear is Your Religion
May more white Christians in America come to believe that the sky is not falling, because they know the One who holds up the sky.
May more white Christians in America come to believe that the sky is not falling, because they know the One who holds up the sky.
I’m Not The Radical Left, I’m The Humane Middle
I suppose humanity feels radical to inhumane people.
I suppose humanity feels radical to inhumane people.
Greta Thunberg is a Superhero. You Can Be One, Too.
One person, it turns out—is enough to turn the world upside down.
One person, it turns out—is enough to turn the world upside down.
Lessons Trump Supporters Are Teaching Their Children
The more differences around you, the more there is to fear.
The more differences around you, the more there is to fear.
Excerpts from The MAGA Bible
Available on the White House website, at NRA meetings, Southern Baptist churches, straight pride parades, and your local homophobic bakery.
Available on the White House website, at NRA meetings, Southern Baptist churches, straight pride parades, and your local homophobic bakery.
You’re Going to Die, So Be Happy (Posthumous Guest Post By My Cousin Stephen)
Accepting that death is as much a part of life as life itself, allows for a more fulfilling and rewarding existence.
Accepting that death is as much a part of life as life itself, allows for a more fulfilling and rewarding existence.
Prayer Doesn’t Heal People—At Least I Hope Not
To contend that God heals when we pray for those who are terribly sick or physically damaged—is to imagine a creator who needs to be convinced.
To contend that God heals when we pray for those who are terribly sick or physically damaged—is to imagine a creator who needs to be convinced.
The Christian Right is Radicalizing White People I Love
The change in them has been as stunning in its velocity and stomach-turning in its depths.
The change in them has been as stunning in its velocity and stomach-turning in its depths.
Being Human is Hard
This life is not for the faint of heart.
This life is not for the faint of heart.
No, Your Racism Is Not Welcome at My Table
This isn’t virtue signaling or identity politics.
This isn’t virtue signaling or identity politics.
Saturday Shootings and Sunday Services
It all unfolds with such putrid predictability.
It all unfolds with such putrid predictability.