Politicians who thwart reporters’ access to cover the impeachment trial erode a basic American strength and undermine democracy. Our grandchildren will curse them – and curse us for allowing them to do it.
What widowers wonder at night
It’s been nearly a thousand days and nights since my wife died. Yes, the Lord is with me. Yes, Hwa is with God. I just wish she were still with me.
Texas governor wrong to close state to refugees
Texas is refusing to welcome people who have been forcibly displaced from their homes by war, famine, religious and cultural persecution and who have passed through the extensive process of becoming a refugee in our country.
I was a pastor struggling with depression. The evangelical community offered virtually no helpful resources
Depression stole my soul and buried it so deeply that (with apologies to the Apostle Paul) for me, to live was not Christ at all, but to die most assuredly would have been gain.
Two days with the monks: Protestant envy, confusion and gratitude
Two days in a monastery is a gift, but so is realizing that you belong somewhere else.
Discovering your community through the practice of the Labyrinth
Every city has a story hidden in plain sight. Go and find it.
A failure of discipleship: Iran, Iraq, and American Christianity
There are plentiful reasons to question whether white American Christians, as a group, learned the right lessons following the so-called “War on Terror.” Our default settings have not changed.
Murdering Qassim Suleimani and the gospel of Jesus
The harsh truth is that Mike Pompeo counseled Donald Trump to murder Suleimani contrary to the gospel of Jesus.
Our economic system rewards the privileged and lucky few. Now let’s talk about economic justice
If we could acknowledge that luck, as much as or even more than merit, determines everyone’s welfare, we could have a serious conversation about how our economic system is – and should be – structured.
God help us: holding fiercely to hope amid all the warmongering
It’s astonishing to consider that only a few weeks ago we celebrated the birth of the Prince of Peace. There are absolutely no words to express the contradiction between the meaning of Christmas and the practice of warmongering.
50 years later, I still grieve my brother’s death: Looking back in order to look forward
In looking back on irretrievable loss, perhaps we can do a better job of capturing the here and now.
Brave peacemaking, not bullying, must be our goal
As observances of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday and MLK Day approach, King’s prophetic warnings about war ring relevant and true to our current political environment.