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August 2021

August 04, 2021
Last week, Olympic gymnast Simone Biles was (and continues to be) disparaged by many for...

July 2021

July 23, 2021
I don’t know about you, but in all the time I spent in school in...
July 02, 2021
As I look at the struggles of this nation today, with so many families straining...

March 2021

March 26, 2021
A couple weeks ago, I joined a group of religious leaders at the Capitol to...

January 2021

January 15, 2021
Religious Freedom Day falls at a dangerous moment this year. As the nation reels in...

September 2020

September 18, 2020
One month after the 2016 election, a gunman stormed into a pizza parlor three blocks...

July 2020

July 20, 2020
From day one of his political career, President Trump’s rhetoric and policies have harmed women....

June 2020

June 19, 2020
The struggle over legal protections for young immigrants is a proxy conflict about our nation’s...

May 2020

May 28, 2020
Racist violence is swirling in the air this week, telling us to sit powerless in...

April 2020

April 29, 2020
Debates about church and state have never been for the faint of heart. Whether the...
April 09, 2020
Most of us are closing our church doors to the virus. Will we open our...
April 08, 2020
This week I’m going back to Mary Oliver’s poetry collection called Thirst. It is a...

March 2020

March 28, 2020
We’re all frightened of the COVID-19 pandemic for very good reason right now. But, like...

February 2020

February 14, 2020
After more than a year of campaigning, Democratic primary voters are finally winnowing the field...

January 2020

January 29, 2020
Defiant women change history. From the women putting their bodies on the line during the...
January 27, 2020
As the 2020 election season begins, President Trump’s evangelical endorsers are touting his record on...
January 15, 2020
In America, land of the free, no freedom is more fundamental to our identity than freedom...

November 2019

November 14, 2019
As a student at Princeton Theological Seminary in the 90s, my dorm room in Alexander...

October 2019

October 04, 2019
The Book of Proverbs is replete with warnings about the dangerous power of speech: “Death...

September 2019

September 24, 2019
Yesterday, I spoke at a rally in front of the Capitol, as we joined with...
September 11, 2019
On September 11, 2001, as the Twin Towers burned and fell, an ancient prayer rattled...
September 03, 2019
Last week, I received training on how to reverse an opioid overdose. The trainer first...

August 2019

August 20, 2019
Recently, I was in Columbus and was blessed to preach at St. John's UCC. Below...

July 2019

July 25, 2019
As 2020 Presidential candidates road test their stump speeches, jockey to distinguish themselves in debates...

June 2019

June 20, 2019
Throughout Scripture, from Exodus to the Babylonian exile to Jesus’s flight, forced migration and deportation...

May 2019

May 15, 2019
Remarks I gave at a Mother’s Day rally - calling for action from the Trump...

March 2019

March 14, 2019
In many places in the United States, a same-sex couple can be legally married on...
March 06, 2019
Today I went to a hearing held by the House Homeland Security Committee where Secretary...

February 2019

February 11, 2019
I have to wonder what Bible President Trump’s close evangelical advisors are reading. Pastor Jeffress...

January 2019

January 10, 2019
Earlier this week, President Trump delivered an Oval Office address on immigration that sought to...
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