On American Exceptionalism
What transpired that Sunday is nothing short of a bold display of American Exceptionalism. Which, to be clear, is idolatry.
The Good News That Breaks Cycles of Violence
The pattern of this world is violence, whether individual or national.
Pastoral Letter on the El Paso Shootings
This moment demands a moral reckoning with who we are and who we want to become as a nation.
Facing the Church’s Complicity in Racism
Personal relationships with a “Black friend” are not enough to stop or to divert systemic racism and our complicity in it.
Onward Christian Soldiers
Attending church services around the 4th of July always makes me uneasy.
Can We Remember Truthfully on Memorial Day?
Sanitized “memory” reinforces the belief that America was an innocent party in all wars the nation has been involved in.
Christian Nationalism: The Real American Idol
We manifest our allegiance to the American idol when fighting for national greatness means more to us than embodying the love of Christ to a watching world.
American Crap
Bottom line: no one can claim to be more American than I am.
Don’t Sleep Through the Revolution
God, give us ears to hear and eyes to see. Revive us. Wake us up.
Why Nationalism is Dangerous and Incompatible with Christianity
Christians are called to put God and neighbor first rather than America first.