I still remember where I was standing on that day when my wife called to ask if I’d been watching the news. I hadn’t.
The Woke, Liberal, Leftist Movement of Jesus
God is once again moving in the world, coming in ways that look like heresy to the religious, which is exactly the way it was two thousand years ago.
God is once again moving in the world, coming in ways that look like heresy to the religious, which is exactly the way it was two thousand years ago.
The Heretical Irony of Christian Anti-Semitism
Judaism is the genesis of the Christian tradition, the deep and rich root system without which it would simply not exist.
Judaism is the genesis of the Christian tradition, the deep and rich root system without which it would simply not exist.
Yes, There Is a War on Christmas and the Right Is Waging it
We need to oppose their perennial act of aggression and their annual victim rhetoric.
We need to oppose their perennial act of aggression and their annual victim rhetoric.
Spending the Holidays With a Mental Illness
'Tis the season to be struggling…
‘Tis the season to be struggling…
When Republicans Lament the Hate Crimes They Help Create
A murder targeting the LGBTQ community is not a random aberration they are trying to make sense of, it is more like a GOP campaign promise fulfilled.
A murder targeting the LGBTQ community is not a random aberration they are trying to make sense of, it is more like a GOP campaign promise fulfilled.
To Tired Blue People Living in Red America: Keep Going
In places like central Texas and south Florida and rural Georgia, millions of good people feel like their votes and their work doesn’t matter and they want to retire from giving a damn.
In places like central Texas and south Florida and rural Georgia, millions of good people feel like their votes and their work doesn’t matter and they want to retire from giving a damn.
No, Hatred Is Not Winning
As long as the heart of decent people is still beating—hope lives.
As long as the heart of decent people is still beating—hope lives.
The Dawn or the Death of America?
On November ninth, are we waking up in that hopeful, beautiful, glorious place of possibility again?
On November ninth, are we waking up in that hopeful, beautiful, glorious place of possibility again?
To the 100 Million-Plus Americans Who Didn’t Vote in 2018
Have you realized since then that you’d made a terrible mistake?
Have you realized since then that you’d made a terrible mistake?
Dear American Church, You’re Dying
People are rightly walking away, because they refuse to tolerate something that so regularly yields hatred while claiming to be made of love.
People are rightly walking away, because they refuse to tolerate something that so regularly yields hatred while claiming to be made of love.
Compassionate, Faithful, Patriotic Republican Voters—It’s Time to Cross the Line
I mean, it’s obvious to you as well, isn’t it?
I mean, it’s obvious to you as well, isn’t it?
Stop Blaming Kanye’s Irresponsible Behavior on Mental Illness
I and millions of people in America struggle with a mental illness and we’d never consider violence toward anyone and we’d certainly never propagate the kinds of irresponsible, conspiratorial nonsense Kanye West has been recently.
I and millions of people in America struggle with a mental illness and we’d never consider violence toward anyone and we’d certainly never propagate the kinds of irresponsible, conspiratorial nonsense Kanye West has been recently.
What Is America Worth to You?
We can save America in a single day.
We can save America in a single day.
How the Religious Right Made Cruelty Sacred and Compassion Unchristian
The Religious Right have completed their wholesale reboot of Christianity and it now bears no resemblance to the original.
Well, they’ve finally done it. The Religious Right have completed their wholesale reboot of Christianity and it now bears no resemblance to the original. It has fully abandoned its namesake. This week, watching Republican governors shipping exhausted migrants to other areas of the country in brazen acts of performative cruelty has been horrifying—but not nearly…
Stop Being So Damn Hopeless
Despair tells us when our spirits have incurred injury. Both are uncomfortable but necessary prompts to protect us from further damage and they demand a response.
Despair tells us when our spirits have incurred injury. Both are uncomfortable but necessary prompts to protect us from further damage and they demand a response.