We Go There: Abortion
I theorized maybe this is not so much about being pro-life. If this is the only thing that is guiding your vote, maybe there is something deeper, a kind of a scapegoat mechanism happening.
Repentance and Redemption Inside the White Church
I began with Charles and asked him, “As a Choctaw man who follows Jesus on the Red Road, are there parallels that you see between the politics of the White church today and the politics of the White church in the days of the Choctaw removal?”
The National Town Hall on Evangelical Faith and Politics
Politics, however, is not synonymous with partisanship. Politics is the conversations we have with each other about the decisions we make about how the polis will be led. In fact, our founding president told us that if it ever gets to be too partisan, we will no longer be able to govern. We are at that point.
With an Eye to DNC, Faith Activists Hold Revival for Social Justice
Fred Martin pulled out his tongs, gripping a piece of red-hot steel, from the forge and turned to place it on the anvil.
Camille Mays brought the ham...
For Christians, Is There ‘A Time to Hate?’
Hate is not found in any list of virtues. Yet, interestingly enough, we find scripture saying, “There is…a time to love, and a time to hate” (Ecclesiastes 3:8)
Federal Executions are One More Example of Trump Administration Overreach
The United States has been steadily moving away from the death penalty. State by state, executions drop nearly every year to historic lows.
Imagining a Christian Resistance
I became, in a way, an amateur scholar of fascist movements as I studied my family members involvement. What side would I be on? I always asked myself.
Political Propaganda is Destroying Christianity
Instead of loving our neighbors, “Christian” propaganda will tell us to deport them, ban them, incarcerate them, discriminate against them, outlaw them, and even bomb them. It will attempt to silence the oppressed and amplify the oppressor.
A World of Lies When the Truth Sets Us Free
A society will crumble if lying is not looked down upon and if people can’t be counted on to tell the truth the vast majority of the time.
Healing America of its sickness through Truth and Conciliation
Beyond participating in daily protests, and advocating for local and state legislation, we are working to birth a grassroots movement for a Federal Truth and Conciliation Commission.