It’s Time for a Franciscan Renaissance
Editor's Note: This piece was originally published in TRENDS in Global Grassroots Organizing, December 2022 issue.
We live in a time of conflict and polarization — in the church in its various forms and...
In the Kentucky Derby of Religions: Do we have a winner?
Over this last century, things have often gone, not as Rev. Fosdick hoped, but as he feared.
Were he here today, I think he would challenge all non-fundamentalists — Christian and otherwise — with a very practical path forward. He would challenge us to wake up every day realizing that five fundamental threats are breathing down our necks. He would challenge us to out-think, out-organize, out-give, out-strive, out-love, and out-last our fundamentalist counterparts in the 21st Century. He would challenge us to start acting like we’re losing, because we are.
In Opposition of the Line 3 Pipeline
Now, four years later, I want to follow up the heartfelt message of that video by expressing my public opposition to the Line 3 pipeline — and by asking you to add your voice as well.
Healing Our Divides: Why This Matters
In large part, that’s why we become so persistently polarized, and that’s why our divisions can intensify to the point of mutual fear, hatred, and hellish violence.
Dismantling the White Nationalist Jesus
There can be only one Jesus, and he was a person of color murdered in the streets simply for proclaiming God’s kingdom, where the poor are blessed, not forgotten.
Wake Up! A New Day of Justice Is Dawning!
If we wake up, we’ll see that there is “a new generation of humanity” being born all around us.
Why Vote?
Beneath our political and economic symptoms there lies a spiritual problem.
Facing Our Addictions to Weapons & White Supremacy
Any of us familiar with the addiction recovery process know that until we overcome our denial, we still haven't hit bottom.
Calling All #SoulsToEnroll: Health Care for All
Religious leaders like me know something that our politicians don’t. We minister to the sick, the dying, and their families.
We Stand With Love
Loving protesters can take their stand, not against anyone as an enemy, but with and for love for one another, not raising threatening fists or pointing accusing fingers, but simply standing with open arms and hearts full of love.