Sometimes, I wonder if Jesus would even recognize large swaths of American Christianity today. That itinerant rabbi who preached about loving your enemies, feeding the poor, and who ended up on the cross because he confronted religious and political powers – remember him? If he time-traveled to 2025’s heartland, he’d be baffled by churches that have become partisan pep rallies. It’s an entire phenomenon that looks eerily like Stockholm syndrome, where the faithful have grown dependent on a political movement... Read more
MLK’s Wisdom in the Age of Trump: A Call to Resist
Did you ever notice how Martin Luther King Jr.’s story gets boiled down to the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech? Like that’s the only thing he ever said. The feel-good parts make it easy to ignore the uncomfortable truth: King wasn’t here for our comfort. He was here to confront power and oppression. Yet here we are again. It’s another MLK Day with our country facing many of the same issues King fought against, especially in the wake of another... Read more