The Grace of Red State Christians
Grace, for American Christians and for all of us, is a difficult thing.
The America Where I Want to Live
The America where they live: where they've been welcomed as refugees and yes, supported by my tax dollars, is the America where I want to live.
A Prophet in Our Midst
Barber showed how it all — how we all — are connected.
Clay Jars: A Letter to My Sisters in Ministry
Maybe the world is still not ready for you, my sisters in ministry, as it was not ready for Jesus.
Unholy Week
I believe instead that God wept too this Holy Monday, another relic in flames, another sanctuary destroyed, another holy place desecrated.
What Keeps Us Safe?
Christmas reminds us that our safety rests not in ourselves but in each other.
Death in September
I am a person who often chooses cynicism over hope.
Why in the World Would Anyone Get Ordained Today?
Why would you purposefully commit your life to something that was so obviously dead and dying?
Don’t You Dare Tell Me I’m Not Evangelical
I reject your decadent patriarchy; your limited view of God; your stranglehold on God's sovereignty, your exclusive claim to religion; your smugness; your fear of evangelism.
The Lie of American Freedom: A Theology of Glory
Perhaps the most heartbreaking thing about the American Dream in 2018 is the obliteration of the idea that it is even a worthy or legitimate dream for everyone.