“Jesus spit on the ground, made some mud with the saliva, and put it on the man’s eyes. ‘Go,’ Jesus told him, ‘Wash in the pool of Siloam.’ So the man went and washed and came home seeing.” This story…
How might we do justice and love kindness in times like these?
I have been a Christian, a follower of Jesus, my whole life. I was a church kid, one who participated in every activity and wore WWJD bracelets and sang along with the praise band at every youth gathering, confident in…
Trading the Cross for a cause
Many moderate and progressive-minded Christians are trying to live our faith in the most actionable way possible. We want a church that takes suffering seriously, tells the truth about injustice, shows up for neighbors and looks like Jesus in public….
Remembering St. Brigit’s Feast Day and the Greensboro sit-in
Sunday, the first of February, was the Feast Day of St. Brigit (aka Brigid) of Kildare. It brought to mind one of my favorite prayers, which I designed as a piece of art. As it happens, Sunday also was the…
Baptism is a call to action
Have you ever heard a piece of music, read a poem or story or seen a piece of art that moved you so deeply you felt you knew exactly what the deeper meaning was that the composer, writer or artist…
Happy 50th birthday, Black History Month
Happy Birthday to Black History Month — 50 years federally recognized and 100 years strong in purpose, beginning as “Negro History Week” in 1926. While the United States formally recognized Black History Month in 1976, the acknowledgment of Black history…
This was worse than them calling me a ‘murderer’
I live and serve as a pastor in Moscow, Idaho, a town that is home to one of the largest and loudest Christian nationalist groups in the country right now. However, despite what you hear on the news, my town…
It’s time to do our duty
The unnecessary murder of 37-year-old nurse Alex Jeffrey Pretti is the tragic “same song, second verse.” What is that song? Unnecessary violence at the hands of untrained immigration enforcement officers who have no business with guns. In fact, ICE has…
‘I see you, I grieve with you, I stand with you’
My heart retches within me. I grieve for the lives of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Good was murdered while she attempted to drive away from an ICE agent, shot at least twice through her window after the ICE agent…
Why you gotta be so mean?
Someone posted this question on Reddit: “What’s the most hurtful thing anyone has ever said to you?” You might be surprised by how many were willing to reopen deep wounds by sharing the harshest words they have received. One woman…
My prayer for Don Lemon
When I learned of the arrest of journalist Don Lemon this morning, a few things ran through my head, one being the interview I did with him back in 2024 on his faith. I still remember our conversation like it…
Letter to the Editor: Outraged
Rep. Marc Veasey wrote an article for the Dallas Morning News Jan. 27. He exposed James Rodden, who serves as a chief counsel for ICE in Dallas. The Texas Standard traced an email back to him in which he described…