WHY I’M HOPEFUL: A RESPONSE TO THE INSURRECTION AT THE CAPITOL
A reflection on the Capitol Insurrection of January 6, 2021 that was delivered for United Church. It was written as a diagnosis of what plagues the white Evangelical Church and a prescription for healing and change.
“Facebook: The place where white supremacists masquerading as Christians take off their hood.” A Response.
“My brother, why do these white pastors see me as less than a man? . . . . I'm so tired of being humanized as their ‘black friend’ only when it suits their agenda?” He said to me.
Addressing our Racist and White Supremacist Ideologies: Christian Leadership in Turbulent Times
“Where the scriptures speak, we speak. Where the scriptures are silent, we are silent.” This is one of the bedrock principles of our movement, and also the greatest crutch we lean upon for abdicating our moral responsibility to speak the truth in love, to see ‘thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.’
Letters from the CHAZ / CHOP
My experience as an interfaith chaplain inside the CHAZ / CHOP in Seattle.
Mass Shootings: A Communal Prayer of Lament
Our Communal Lament and Prayer for Mass Shootings.
The Prayer I’m Praying for President Trump
Prayer takes many different shapes and forms. This is one particular prayer I’m praying for President Trump.
The Invisible Pastor: Reflecting on 20 Years of Ministry
We try to do so much good, but often times find that we’re doing nothing more than fighting ourselves. We fight who God has created us to be and how he hoped we would interact with the world around us as ministers/pastors/clergy.
Jesus was a Zombie
Anti-intellectualism in the church and a Jesus who only wants to steal your brains… that about sums up what a lot of people think about the church.
A Litany of Confession and Witness: Believe Women.
A litany of confession and witness in the #metoo movement to wrestle with the misogyny at work in our culture.
Immigrants, Independence Day, and Racism
I Was Fired For Not Being a Christian
Sometimes things don’t go as you’d expect. Other times things come from so far out of left field that you’re left with nothing but total confusion… this was one of those moments.
Rejection and Silence: Our posture towards race in the Church
We continue to maintain our posture of silence on race and racism within the church. Will it ever change?
Guns. Guns. Guns. (Yes, guns.)
I was guided into my office where I was greeted by an FBI agent and a Sergeant from the city police department…
Race, the Police, and a Dissertation. What was I thinking?
What was I thinking trying to tackle such a difficult and emotional area of research for my dissertation?
Abortion Politics: A conversation with a political operative
The reality that sits behind the pro-life position of pro-life candidates and what they’re actually going to do about it.
Criminalizing the Black Body
“The problem of the twentieth century is the color line,” declared W. E. B. Du Bois in 1903. . . but is it still?
Sunday Prayer: A Litany of Lament for Mass Shootings
A litany of lament for mass shootings after the targeted shooting in Dallas.
Missing the Point: Racism
Over and over and over again we fail to take hold of the opportunity to speak out about the racial issues that plague our society and our churches.
Our Need for Lament
In the difficult spaces and moments of life, we need to grieve deeply. We need to lean into the ancient form of grief called lament.
Empty Laments and So Many Words
The Pulse Nightclub Shooting in Orlando should shake us to the core… but will it?