Moment by moment, choice by choice, they begin to drift from their calling, and no one close to them ever tells them while they’re still humble and amenable enough to listen.
I Don’t Grieve Over His Cruelty. I Grieve Over Yours.
I know that he is just a mirror.
I know that he is just a mirror.
Dear Evangelicals, Leave LGBTQ People Alone
I know you like to pass the buck to Jesus in your treatment of LGBTQ people, but I also know that he never asked you to do any of it.
I know you like to pass the buck to Jesus in your treatment of LGBTQ people, but I also know that he never asked you to do any of it.
Yes, There is a War on Christmas
The white Evangelical Church in America in 2018 has no use for this Christmas. In fact, worse than that—it has open contempt for it.
The white Evangelical Church in America in 2018 has no use for this Christmas. In fact, worse than that—it has open contempt for it.
Waffle House Shooting: A White Shooter, a Black Hero, and White Presidential Silence
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.
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.
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.