America has been really good to me—but it needs to be really good to everyone.
If Hopelessness is Trending in Your Head
Hopelessness is a liar.
Hopelessness is a liar.
Yes, This is Racism
You’re not a supremacist, you’re not a nationalist, and you’re not alt-Right.
You’re not a supremacist, you’re not a nationalist, and you’re not alt-Right.
5 Truths About White Privilege for White People
You don’t have to feel your privilege for it to be real.
You don’t have to feel your privilege for it to be real.
No, Christian—People are Not ‘Struggling With Same-Sex Attraction’
They are not struggling with their truest truth, but with the fear of what others might do to them if they ever dare live that truth fully.
They are not struggling with their truest truth, but with the fear of what others might do to them if they ever dare live that truth fully.
Yes, I’m a Progressive and a Patriot
There are few things less American than insisting that for someone to be declared patriotic—he or she must be complementary of our leadership.
Can we stop pretending that a political party or religious tradition has the market cornered on national pride and earnest faith?
Carrie Fisher and the Dark Side of Mental Illness
She'd already told us everything. She owes us nothing more than she’s already given.
She’d already told us everything. She owes us nothing more than she’s already given.
The God Who Kills Children
Certainly people kill and wars are waged for all sorts of reasons —but few things generate terror as consistently or savagely as those convinced they are righteous holy warriors, living with God on their side.
Certainly people kill and wars are waged for all sorts of reasons —but few things generate terror as consistently or savagely as those convinced they are righteous holy warriors, living with God on their side.
No, White Friend—You Weren’t ‘Embarrassed’ by Barack Obama
You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama. You were threatened by him.
You weren’t “embarrassed” by Barack Obama. You were threatened by him.
The Rise and the Fall of Parenting
You don’t live vicariously through your child, but a bit of your heart can’t help but soar or break as you see their lives unfold.
You don’t live vicariously through your child, but a bit of your heart can’t help but soar or break as you see their lives unfold.
If You Stick Around (A Letter to Those Wanting to Leave)
Things will get better. Trust me.
Things will get better. Trust me.
A Letter to My Daughter
Your body is the sacred space in which you will spend every second here—and you get to determine each of those seconds.
Your body is the sacred space in which you will spend every second here—and you get to determine each of those seconds.
I’m a Christian—and I’m Already Tired of ‘Winning’
I’d rather see us make Americans good, and hold on to our souls.
I’d rather see us make Americans good, and hold on to our souls.
Get Angry, But Don’t Live Angry
People who live angry are the very reason so many of us decent folks were outraged in the first place and are outraged now.
People who live angry are the very reason so many of us decent folks were outraged in the first place and are outraged now.
Hell Will Be an Airport (A Layover Story)
And there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
And there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
An Encouragement to Compassionate People
There is an army of such similarly wounded souls walking the planet right now; people who are equally overwhelmed.
There is an army of such similarly wounded souls walking the planet right now; people who are equally overwhelmed.