The Power of Words to Incite Violence or Healing
We denounce racism and yet defend the language of those in power.
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.
When There Are No Words Left
Will our prayers move us to action?
What Did Church Teach White Students Posing with Guns in Front of Emmett Till Marker?
Ask church leaders to define the words “race” and “racism."
Uncivil War: Gilroy, Guns, & White Anger
There is a civil war raging in the soul of America.
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.
How Making Friends with Indigenous People Changed My Life
It's time for restitution. A lot of people need and deserve it.
The National Shame of Immigrant Detention Centers
Populist fear, greed, and white supremacy have been constant American traditions, and now migrants are receiving the full brunt of these evils.
How American Exceptionalism & White Supremacy Reveal the REAL State of Our Union
Any claim to greatness was built on the backs and the blood of people of color.
The Great American Heresy
Another consequence of the myth of a Christian nation is the worship of the past.