How Mormonism Can Save America
Mormonism teaches me that I don’t get to excommunicate folks from my world just because we disagree. And I am so, so glad of it.
The Christian Right and the Decline of White Evangelicalism
In short, the quantitative and qualitative evidence – and, I will add, my own anecdotal evidence – strongly support the argument that the Christian Right has been a primary factor in the decline of white evangelicalism in the last decade and the dramatic rise of the nones since the 1990s.
The Violence of a Religious Minority’s Majority
Where is the enlightenment in using force to preserve the way of life for a minority that will not espouse these self-evident truths? Where is the justice in allowing this claim of violent righteousness to go unanswered now?
The Racist Policing of China and the United States
Two massive injustices happening against two different groups of people in two different nations of the world should be equally addressed, simultaneously lamented, and simultaneously confronted.
Announcing a Season of Nonviolent Moral Direct Action
If we cannot refuse cooperation with voter suppression now, we have no hope of representation in the coming decade that will work to address the interconnected crises of climate catastrophe, inequality, systemic racism, and militarism.
Mother Earth Has Suffered Enough: We Need Stronger Methane Rules
Rains and snows came when they were supposed to, bringing much needed refreshing to our community and land. Now, we are in a prolonged drought. We are in a national sacrifice zone with the nation’s largest methane hotspot hovering overhead.
To Get Our Nation Back On Track, We Need A ‘Holy Recovery’
Scarcity has been the name of the game for far too long in American politics. We are constantly offered a choice between which group of people is forced to go without, in the name of austerity.
Christian Leaders from Around the Country Read Frederick Douglass’ 1852 speech
One-hundred and sixty-nine years ago today, abolitionist, writer, and statesman Frederick Douglass gave a speech to the 600 members of the Rochester Ladies Anti-Slavery Society entitled "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" This past weekend, Christian leaders from around the country gathered virtually with Red Letter Christians to read this powerful piece together.
Liturgy for Flag Removers
May we not litter our sacred spaces with the flags that we do not (ought not) worship. Christ, have mercy on our American dreams.
I’m not a ‘Real’ Man: Jesus, John Wayne, and Disability
The background is that I am blind, and have been since I was very young. I was never going to be a soldier, police officer, cowboy, or any of it.