Why Do We Drink?
When I meet with a recovery coaching client for the first time, I ask for a brief history of their relationship with alcohol. I listen for the narrati...
“for small activism” & “for seeing color”
for small activism
O You Who Plant Trees from Mustard Seeds,
When my daughter becomes despairing over the state of the world
—which she will—
...
Launching TODAY! Shane Claiborne’s “Rethinking Life”
Chapter 1: Life Is Good
Our goal is to develop a comprehensive, all-encompassing ethic of life that compels us to be champions of life, to cherish li...
There Is Only Us, an Excerpt of “Loving the Hell out of Ourselves”
My therapist suggested that I let my feelings out in a controlled environment that was safe. So instead of driving too fast or eating the entire carto...
This School Year We Should Get Curious rather than Punitive When it Comes to Kids, All Kids
Scripture tells the story of a 12-year-old Jesus who slipped off without the courtesy of a quick word to Mother Mary or Stepfather Joseph about where ...
Change the Question
These talented artisans were very happy to have orders coming in. They would continue to work at whatever price we said we could pay. It is the nature of living at the "bottom of the pyramid." It is why companies take their work "offshore." Labor is plentiful and it is as cheap as you want it to be.
Radical Forgiveness and Ableism in the Church
While the disability experience is not a monolith, by & large caregivers and disabled people are familiar with the feeling of being excluded from environments that seemingly welcome their presence but not their belonging. And I have to wonder if our churches are not fully FOR the least among them first, then who are they really for?
This Book Will Be Banned
The manufactured hysteria about CRT and the 1619 Project puts any book that gives an honest accounting of racism at risk.
The Sacred Work of White Discomfort
The minimization or denial of the Holocaust is prohibited, but the minimization and denial of America’s treatment of Native Americans and African Americans is mandated.
Is Pro-Life Evangelicalism Killing Adoptees?
Adoptive parents can build platforms and careers off adoption, but adoptees who circumvent the system, usually offering their emotional labor at no cost, receive backlash.