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How to Reject Xenophobia – Have Lunch Instead!
There many things - large and small - that Christians can do to fight the...
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How White People Gather to Undermine White Supremacy
Last Sunday, two colleagues and I greeted a group of thirty-three people over a shared...
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“Alternate facts” do not exist. In common parlance, “alternate facts” are called “lies.” When our...
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Christian Crazies Threaten Democracy, Peace, and Public Safety
Progressive Christians are often loath to tell other people that their interpretations of scripture or...
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Trump, Sexual Assault, and Incest: When Forgiveness is Failure
In the midst of the chaos of this election it is also important to pay...
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When Is Stopping a Pipeline Social Change?
While many people were surprised by the Obama Administration's work stoppage on the pipeline, this...
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Don’t Be an Asshole: Reflections on Civility
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Just What is Xenophobia?
In the inestimable words of Inigo Montoya in the Princess Bride, “You keep using that...
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Open Letter to Obama: Please DO something!
The country needs the President to do something. Your statements are important but they are...
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What to Do About Our Crisis of Racial Injustice?
The problems that we face are not about the police. We do not need to...
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Has North Carolina become the “Hate State”?
Clearly, being Christian means something different to me than to many people in NC who...
April 2016
April 29, 2016
Should Profit Be the Defining Factor of our Economy?
What does Colorado's ballot initiative for universal healthcare have to do with the moral question...
April 02, 2016
Reflections on Black Friends, Black Spaces, and White Identity
It felt vaguely colonialist for me to be coming to their space for just a...
April 02, 2016
The Perils of Negotiating Black Identity on a White Campus
I used to be the one to always speak out and speak my mind when...
April 01, 2016
Dialogue on Race: College Students Talk Across Racial Lines
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March 26, 2016
The Threat of Hate in North Carolina: #WeAreNotThis
What happened Wednesday in North Carolina is about patriarchy and the authoritarian control of a...
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What We Need to Learn from Trump
There is a problem in white America and it will not go away until we...
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The Threat of Obama
Racism is a deep malignancy in the very core of our identity as Americans. A...
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February 29, 2016
Is Slavery Really Over?
White people will never be able to understand the problem of policing and the black...
December 2015
December 27, 2015
Is Tribal Christianity as Dangerous as Tribal Islam?
Stories of dysfunction and violence in Islamic countries and stories of institutional racism and xenophobia...
December 01, 2015
Homegrown Terrorism: Why Colorado is NOT the Action of a Lone Gunman
The truth is, all Christians, pro-life and pro-choice, need to change our behavior when it...
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November 19, 2015
Violence and Ambiguity – What Can We Assert?
Ambiguity is an honest and appropriate response to events that are rapidly unfolding, complex, emotionally-charged,...
October 2015
October 07, 2015
How Capitalism is Destroying Higher Education: Why David Brooks Got it Wrong
To suggest that when faculty focus on research and teaching that we (or our universities)...
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September 28, 2015
Documenting the Undocumented: How ID Programs Improve Community
It is difficult to keep your community safe if undocumented community members are afraid of...
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Is a “Fair Trial” possible in a racist society?
Most of us aren’t trained to think about social problems in a structural way. When...
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August 31, 2015
Bernie Sanders Is Riding the Third Rail
By standing up for socialism and ideas that have been marked as unpopular and unwinnable,...
August 14, 2015
What Christian Feminism Can Teach Us About Dealing with Our Racist Past
In the midst of a country where black lives appear expendable and some white people...
August 12, 2015
Trump, Republican Misogyny, and the Attacks on Planned Parenthood
The best avenue for reducing abortions is not bullying women into not having them, it’s...
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May 08, 2015
Why Do Christians Fight Over the Bible?
Last week I wrote a blog post about the Supreme Court’s deliberations regarding marriage equality....
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