American Altar: Poetry, Gun Violence, and the Gods to Whom We Sacrifice
We Americans are much slower to see the idols of our own times and cultures.
Faith Leaders Gather in Houston in Response to Gun Violence
The Red Letter Christians’ gathering went on despite the cancellation of the NRA event.
Lovers of Peace Must Organize
The United States is unique to the world in our gun ownership, with nearly 400 million guns, more than one per resident. The prevalence of guns is not by accident.
Overturn Dylann Roof’s Death Sentence — for Me, Not for Him
Without a death sentence, as I understand, there is just one appeal, after which we never have to hear the killer’s name again.
‘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 the world from a different lens, from someone else’s eyes. W...
How Much Hate Does It Take to Make a Hate Crime?
But that type of Jesus: inclusive, universal, loving, forgiving; was nowhere to be found at Crabapple First Baptist. And so Long learned to hate.
Asian American Christian Collaborative Statement on the Atlanta Massacre & Ongoing Anti-Asian Hate
AACC also cries out against violence perpetrated in the name of Christianity. We condemn the evasion of responsibility by churches and denominations that have historically perpetuated the social conditions for attitudes and perspectives that have led to the unequal, unjust, and ungodly treatment and murders of racialized minorities.
Never Again: A Litany for Rebuking Mass Shootings
I desperately need for not one more presidential term, one more year, one more month, one more sermon, one more day to go by without the country and the church—filled with good, smart, and compassionate people—getting more creative about gun control. I desperately need for this litany to never be used by another community, another soul, ever again.
The Strange Theology That Rejects Masks but Embraces Guns
Gun violence was a national health crisis long before COVID-19 hit us, is still a crisis amid the pandemic, and, unless we take action, will remain a crisis long after.