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 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.
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 . . .
Speak Love, Not War
Why is it that our modern church culture identifies faith with the language of pain, aggression, and domination more so than with nurturing peace and equality?
The City on a Hill: Jerusalem Divided
The Holy Land will continue experiencing an unholy maintenance of occupation by force, only limited by violent interventions.
US Missile Strike in Syria: What You Should Know
We cannot bomb our way to peace. What is imperative is that we don’t lose sight of the civilians and families whose homes and communities in Syria and Iraq bear the brunt of these never-ending proxy wars fought between the US, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and others.
The Beginning of the End for Nuclear Weapons
Friday, the U.N. treaty declared that the manufacture, possession, use or threat to use nuclear weapons is illegal under international law, 75 years after their development and first use.
A Modern Adaptation of Isaiah 58 for Lent
Our Lent should awaken a sense of social justice.
What I’ll Tell Our Kids About War
I’ll tell them that Iranian people aren’t our enemies.