Fault Lines in the Faith
A small gap, poised to shift, turns deadly. A fault line holds the potential of an earthquake— a catastrophe waiting to happen. Life near a geological...
Struggles of Faith in the Journey of Peacemaking, Part 2
Part II
As we continued to work alongside many creative and courageous Iraqi human rights workers, we became more conscious about rooting out aspec...
Palm Sunday Reflection
Here’s a little reflection on the subversive anti-imperial meaning of Palm Sunday.
(originally posted to Facebook on March 28, 2021).
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Christ, Not Guns: A Reflection on the Nashville Shooting
It happened again. This time, 6 people were killed, three of them 9-year-old children. Gun violence has hit nearly every community in our country – fr...
Kairos Center Prophetic Voices In The Public Square featuring Shane Claiborne
Prophetic Voices in the Public Square, a collaboration between Kairos Center for Religions, Rights, and Social Justice and University of Pennsylvania'...
What is Resistance?
Resistance always begins with curiosity, with questions. We often do not ask our questions, not because we are afraid of the answer, but because there...
Love Small
“Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; take your inheritance, the kingdom prepared for you since the ...
Deconstruction, Fear, and the Sermon on the Mount
When I was thirteen, I had a green faux leather Living Bible with illustrations of a very 70s Jesus. For whatever reason, I flipped to the beginning o...
How to Love God
An extract from the essay of the same name from the recently published book, Religion, Politics, and Reclaiming the Soul of Christianity: A Spiritual ...
A Prayer for Those Experiencing Trauma
Gracious and Eternal God:
You are the God and Father of our Lord and Savior,
Jesus, the Christ.
Lord God, I thank You for Your grace and Your merci...