Opinion
We’re Entering the Concentration Camp Stage
As 2026 begins, arrests are likely to increase as the administration doubles down on its efforts. With the securing of additional centers, they will now have a place for them to be housed.
A Global Crisis of Conscience: Christian Persecution and the Cost of Silence
Defending religious freedom for Christians does not diminish the suffering of others. It strengthens the broader struggle for human dignity and freedom of belief for all.
By the Way | Where’s the Line?
Congress and the Supreme Court have abdicated their constitutional responsibilities as coequal branches of government, leaving us with no guardrails to restrain a rogue president.
A Hammer in the Pulpit
We are living in a moment that does not afford us the luxury of abstract sermons that contain vague calls to action.
It’s a Small World: Embracing Interfaith Wisdom
Across my years of teaching, writing and research, I have come to see the deep presence of the Spirit across religious traditions— a sacred breath moving through all creation.
How We Got Here: The Racist Myth of a ‘Broken’ Immigration System
As the average immigrant’s skin color in the U.S. has grown darker, the rate of adults who name immigration as their number one concern has risen.
Sexless Marriage: Causes and Strategies for Repair
To avoid dullness, couples can routinely give their marriage an educational sharpening through education and therapy.
When the Room Shifts: Being Present in an Emotionally Distant World
When someone stops abandoning themselves, the world around them has no choice but to adjust.
The Raceless Gospel: An Embodied Homiletic for a Disembodied Christianity
The Raceless Gospel is part proclamation, part embodied praxis. The integration of physical engagement with belief strengthens my conviction that we are all God’s children and race is not a genealogical indicator. Feet to pavement, I am convinced following Jesus doesn’t lead me to a church building but to bodies marginalized, racialized, hyper-surveilled and criminalized.
MLK Day is Not a Time for Comfort
Dr. King was not assassinated because he was a dreamer or a promoter of “race relations Sundays.”
ICE Storm: Echoes of 1930s Germany
When a person is willing to use a lie to further their own interests, no matter the damage it causes to others and the nation, the hubris will take us to dark and devastating places.
Courage Over Compliance: Praying for More Shiphrah and Puah Energy
Like the midwives, we may not know how the story will unfold before us, but we can still have the courage to do the next faithful thing.
How a Buddhist Walk for Peace Gave Me Hope for the Church
A Buddhist “Walk for Peace” through South Carolina drew thousands across religious and political lines—and offered Christian communities a powerful lesson about peace and public witness.
A Song Someone is Dying to Hear: Did Amy Grant Just Join the Resistance?
The 6th of January (Yasgur’s Farm)” is Grant’s statement that justice and protest are not separate categories from the good news of Jesus.
No one has a Monopoly on God: Embracing Interfaith Wisdom
What I’ve discovered is learning from other traditions has not weakened my Christian faith; it has clarified it.
‘ICE, Get the Fk Out’: Prophetic Anger Is a Moral Obligation
For the sake of whatever sliver of genuine Christ-follower, or just decent human being, might be buried deep within the recesses of every ICE agent’s soul, we must continue to make the moral appeals.
Does Love Still Work? Shaky Faith, Parenthood, and Lament in Violent Times
When the annals of history look back and shine its spotlight on me, I want it known that I chose a side and acted accordingly.
The Raceless Gospel: Future- Casting in an Ass-Backward America
The Trump administration is actively trying to erase African American history and make the present insufferable for persons who are marginalized, criminalized, and dehumanizingly categorized as “illegal” and “alien.” So, I work for a future I can live into.
Action Trumps Intent: Does it Matter if the President is Racist?
He may very well not be a racist, but instead a political animal playing to the worst impulses of the U.S. psyche. Nevertheless, there is no denying he has done and said racist things.
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Where do Queer People of Faith Fit?
We don’t have to accept that a life between a rock and a hard place is the best we can hope for when it comes to embracing both our queerness and our faith.
A Climate of Fear and Distrust: Responding to Escalating ICE Raids in America
After a deadly ICE encounter in Minneapolis, escalating immigration raids are spreading fear and unrest across U.S. cities.
The Week The United States Fell
The time has come for common-sense citizens who love their country and recognize blatant injustice to engage in the political process.
From Saving Armenian Orphans to Funding Their Persecutors?
How can the United States credibly speak about protecting Christians in Nigeria, Syria or Iraq if it overlooks the ethnic cleansing of Armenian Christians for the sake of expediency?
How Politics Replaced Religion in the American Soul
This is not a call to withdraw. It’s a call to return to empathy, to community, to the belief that democracy depends on our ability to recognize the dignity of those with whom we disagree.
Telling the Truth During National Poverty Awareness Month
If we are to address poverty in America, then we must also address racism, as these issues are deeply intertwined.
A Monumental Spectacle and a Forgotten History
Heartbreakingly, the ideology of Manifest Destiny destroyed countless precious lives. We should never forget.
The Epiphany Season: By Another Road
The revelation at the heart of Epiphany is certainly the revealing of the messiah to the Gentiles and to the whole world. But it is also the revealing to the wise men of Herod’s true plans and character.
Evangelicals No Longer Support Trump. It’s Worse: They Ignore Him.
Evangelicals may no longer loudly support Donald Trump, but their silence carries its own danger. A theological critique of power, omission, and the gospel.
The Cost of Equivocation: Why We Avoid Clarity
Many people react to clarity as if it’s an attack—not because the truth is inherently harmful, but because they’ve never learned how to receive it without collapsing or retaliating.
People over Problems: Breaking the Cycle of Sexual Violence
We either perpetuate brokenness or we take hold of our power to heal and bless.