The Heresy of Christian Nationalism
The Christian Nationalism that fueled January 6 is rooted in heresies.
Subversive Peace for this Christmas Season
It is to this group of social outcasts that God chooses to make an announcement of astonishingly good news—good news in which God declares a true peace that subverts the ways of the Empire.
It’s What Didn’t Happen that Matters: On the Trial of the Murder of Ahmaud Arbery
And because of this, they trusted Dunikoski with a kind of trust that is often only extended to those closest to us—family—and called her Auntie to prove it.
The Only Border Crisis is America’s Disgusting Treatment of Migrants.
The border is safe unless you are an immigrant. For immigrants and asylum seekers, it is dangerous and even deadly.
The Mark of Cain: On Who Deserves to Live
Killing in the name of God should be the ultimate oxymoron – the most extreme self-canceling, obvious-to-all contradiction.
The Wrong Debate: On Alabama’s New Gas Chamber
As states grapple with how to resume killing, the only debate seems to be over the method.
The Amnesia of ‘Never Forget’
Abroad, “never forget” hides a slow forgetting of the universal morality to which we once aspired as a country.
For Afghanistan, Hospitality is the Least We Should Do
This knowledge should lead us to lament the terrible damage we have caused, and this should then shape how we move forward.
Healing Our Divides: Why This Matters
In large part, that’s why we become so persistently polarized, and that’s why our divisions can intensify to the point of mutual fear, hatred, and hellish violence.
With Red and Blue Fingerprints on Afghanistan Horror, a Call to Grieve
Acknowledge the brokenness that could produce such gut-wrenching darkness. Internalize. And then get to work . . .