Seeking Other Seas
I can’t understand much of what he’s saying, though I desperately wish I could. In this small way, I catch a glimpse of the culture shock that awaits the luckiest of these boys.
The Christians Who Cannot Mourn Ma’Khia Bryant
Only syncretized faiths value the supremacy of human laws. We value truth. The truth is that the state took another Black girl from her family under the pretense of safety, and then it killed her.
A Review of #ChurchToo: How Purity Culture Upholds Abuse and How to Find Healing
Allison’s work should compel Christians to contemplate the destruction wrought by purity culture, in our churches and homes and summer camps and institutions: in other words, every place where people thought they were safe, until the church leaders in their lives failed them, all in the name of purity.
‘Go and Do Likewise’: Pursuing the Biblical Call to Justice
Who would your ‘Samaritan’ be today? A politician? A troll on Twitter? A violent terrorist? A police officer? An anarchist? Someone with a different sexual orientation?
Gather Round the Forge (An Excerpt from Beating Guns)
Not many people get argued into thinking differently, but experiences and stories move us, especially when we have the humility to listen and to view ...
Changing the Way I Approach Abortion
I'm ready to leave behind the language and baggage of the pro-life movement to explore a politically unattached whole-life ethic.
Sandbox Revolution: Raising Kids for a Just World
I think am learning more and more that the best parenting I can do is to let my kids lead and to let them change me.
Easter, Extinction, and Nonviolent Direct Action
If Christmas is the season to be jolly, maybe—if the Gospels are anything to go by—Easter is the season for Christians to go to jail.
Maybe It’s Time to Rethink the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment offers neither the moral authority nor unlimited legal authority for gun ownership. It is time that Americans, and especially my fellow evangelical Christians, refocus the faith they have placed in that article.
The Problem of Cultural Comfort Zones
If we’re serious about pursuing deep and meaningful cross-cultural relationships, we need to put in a bit more work. We can’t just live in our own lane and interact when someone different from us happens to occasionally show up where we live.