The author delivered the following comments at “Together for Democracy” in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Jan. 29. Today is day 59 of the federal occupation of my hometown of Minneapolis. I’ve experienced 58 of those days. And let me tell…
When injustice rolls down like waters
Events transpiring in Minneapolis last week sent me back to the book of Amos 5:24: “But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream,” words worth staking one’s life on. But what happens when history takes…
It’s time for Christians to come together on immigration
Several years ago, I was serving as pastor of a church in rural Oklahoma. A group of women felt led to provide a baby shower for a young woman who attended our church. It was a tough situation for the…
If JD Vance truly were ‘pro-life,’ this wouldn’t be happening
Vice President JD Vance calls himself “pro-life.” At the recent March for Life, he spoke with moral certainty about the sacredness of unborn life, warning that neutrality in the face of vulnerability is a moral failure and insisting a nation…
Here’s how JD Vance twists the tale
JD Vance needs to go back to school for a lesson in logic. In a recent social media post about the unrest in Minneapolis, the vice president illustrates a classic fallacy embraced by his kind of MAGA conservatives. On one…
From immigration policy to civilian death: How far will this go?
Editor’s note: This piece was written after the death of Renee Good but before the death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. The death of Renee Nicole Good ignited renewed street tension amid an already chaotic start to 2026. From mass deportations and controversial mis-deportations,…
Faith, silence and protest in Union Square
Last Friday, I joined what was estimated at 4,000 people in Union Square in New York City. We gathered to protest the murder of Renée Good and the detention of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos. But the purpose of the march…
The dawn of Apple Pie ISIS
Let’s be clear about language before we are clear about lives. The word “agent” will not be used here to describe armed, militia-style bullies with low emotional intelligence who terrorize communities, abduct children in Walmart parking lots, ambush day laborers…
Connecting the dots from the unitary executive president
You, along with millions of other American citizens, may be wondering where those tense confrontations in Minneapolis came from. What brought those 3,000 ICE agents to the Twin Cities and the angry citizens into the streets? Many different streams of…
Jesus Christ and Donald Trump are incompatible
“Choose this day whom you will serve.” — Joshua 24:15 Few things in life (or faith) are absolute, crystal clear, unambiguous and black-and-white. However, one absolute truth is that Donald Trump and Jesus Christ are incompatible. Numerous examples follow: Jesus…
Conversing with the code-red morally bankrupt mind of MAGA
Remember the famous scene in A Few Good Men when Jack Nicholson’s character, Col. Jessup, bellows, “You’re goddamn right I ordered the code red!” Remember the stunned reaction of Lt. Kaffee, played by Tom Cruise? My recent experience wasn’t that…
If not now, then when, America?
The words of Tracy Chapman’s iconic song have been ringing in my head since the unjustified murder of Renee Good and now the senseless murder of Alex Pretti by federal agents. If not now then when? If not today then…