Clearing the Temple Courts: What Jesus Did About Systemic Injustice
Clearing the temple was disruptive and highly controversial.
On Protesting: A Theological Reflection for the Privileged (like me)
Jesus disrupted the pseudo-peace to expose it for what it was; a weapon of the state to maintain the status quo.
When Killing Is the Priority
How does a state that is reportedly 77% Christian choose to carry out the ritualized killing of a likely innocent man in the middle of a pandemic crisis?
The Cross and the Lynching Tree: A Requiem for Ahmaud Arbery
Another live taken. Another public lynching. Another news story. Another act of recorded black death.
Faith Leaders Mobilize Around Gun Safety in 2020
A leading gun control advocacy group has enlisted more than a dozen religious leaders to boost voter turnout this fall.
The Moral (and Legal) Case for Emptying NC Prisons.
Now the virus is holding up a mirror to our immorality.
Nothing Can Separate Us: The Cross and the Prison Cell
Our students are becoming everyday peacemakers because they have come to realize that God is not done with them.
Abolish the Death Penalty
If anyone had just cause to kill in self-defense or execute someone for the sake of justice, it was Jesus. Yet . . .
In the Company of Difference: An Excerpt from I Am Not Your Enemy
In fact, it’s in the presence of difference that hospitality is often most needed.