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.
Untethered: On Exile, Chronic Illness, and Life in a Pandemic
Every wilderness comes with an untethering and a temptation or three that forces us to reexamine our identities. In this reexamination, is a call to discover or redefine our mission in the world.
The Disease Within a Disease
But while that history helps to explain how our racial hierarchy arose, it doesn’t explain why it endures well into the 21st century—much less why we’re not trying very hard to get rid of it.
A Sabbath of Forced Compliance
We enjoy many freedoms in America, but we don’t have the freedom to resist the wheels of commerce. Either we engage or we suffer.
Let Lament Lead to These 12 Actions
To our elected representatives, you too, face one question: Will you value people over profits?
Trusting Systems With the Irreversible Power of Death
One can only hope that executing people is one of the things we don’t want to return to.
The Return of the One Percent
In 2020, a new one percent made its way into the public eye: the expendable.
Genuine Freedom Is Love at Work
If freedom does not serve a purpose beyond itself then it is a self-centered trivial thing.
Let’s Have Church! (By Loving Our Neighbors)
In seeking eternal life, are we not making choices about who we love as our neighbor?
When Killing Is the Priority
How does a state that is reportedly 77% Christian choose to carry out the ritualized killing of a likely innocent man in the middle of a pandemic crisis?