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June 2016

June 06, 2016

Jesus Was Not a Pacifist (A kind response to Benjamin Corey)

“So persistent is the cry of peace among the ruling classes and so strong the...

May 2016

May 25, 2016

Understanding Why Christians are Anti-Trans

I honestly don’t understand this debate over whether or not those who identify as transgender...

May 16, 2016

John Piper Joins the #BlackLivesMatter movement!?

I mean, not really, but kind of... Piper's opening is predictably cringeworthy, but his conclusion is...

April 2016

April 11, 2016

Porn is a Social Justice Issue (Just Not For Many Christians): Three Solutions to the Porn Problem Christians Won’t Acknowledge

The other day Relevant Magazine posted an article titled “Porn is a Social Justice Issue.” It...

February 2016

February 10, 2016

Why I’ll Be Angry if Wheaton College Does Not Fire Larycia Hawkins

“It's worth remembeing that the wedge that splits the wood is what ultimately takes the...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

The War On Guns: How It’s the Same Thing as the War On Drugs

I live in the hood right now; they call it the badlands, "known for an...

January 13, 2016

How We Fight Each Other Instead of Combatting Injustice

I think fighting injustice is, unfortunately, the willingness to step into the darkness, all while...

August 2015

August 21, 2015

How is Race a Social Construction

It's needs to be re-emphasized that none of this is to suggest race doesn't matter,...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

How You Can Help Fight Racism, And 7 Books to Read

But in my opinion, and experience so far, if someone is unwilling to read something...

June 2015

June 25, 2015

When Will We Admit that American Christianity is the Same Thing as White Supremacy?

[Photo Credit: Jeff Hood] Watching the news and hearing about the repeated acts of violence...

June 15, 2015

Making Sense of Rachel Dolezal’s Backlash And Why She Faked Being Black

By now you’ve probably heard of Rachel Dolezal, this morning she announced her resignation as...

May 2015

May 06, 2015

Reframing the Narrative By Asserting your Humanity

In the past few days I've been repeatedly asked the same two questions: Where is...

May 01, 2015

I Want To Be An Activist

“I want to be an activist.” These were the words of Henry, a six year...

April 2015

April 27, 2015

Martin Luther King Jr. on His Biggest Mistake

"Alex Haley’s 1965 Playboy Interview with Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. | In 1964, after he...

March 2015

March 30, 2015

Dear Young Men of Color: Overcoming Oppression

[Image is a screenshot from Fong Tran’s spoken word titled, “Dear Young Men of Color,”...

March 09, 2015

Lyndon Baines Johnson Recordings on Selma

Lyndon Baines Johnson Recordings on Selma: This film collects archival material from the LBJ Library, the Miller...

February 2015

February 02, 2015

The Ambitious Woman: Challenging the Status Quo #StoriesFromTheDechurched

#StoriesFromTheDechurched is a series with no end date in mind collecting stories from those who have left the...

January 2015

January 15, 2015

Mega-Church Pastor that Allegedly said “N-Word”

The "n-word" is one of the most divisive and emotionally charged words within our U.S. context. I think social...

December 2014

December 17, 2014

The Violence of Demanding Peaceful Protest: The Missteps of Clergy in Ferguson

"We don't want anyone getting arrested or lashing out in anger. It is your job...

December 04, 2014

Indifference is the Opiate of the Privileged

I'm not sure if religion is the opiate of the masses but I'm convinced that indifference is...

December 01, 2014

12 Things I Wish Racist People Understood

These days there are very few people I engage with on the topic of race that...

November 2014

November 25, 2014

“Your Silence Is Deafening.”

There’s a Martin Luther King Jr. quote being passed around on the internet that reads,...

October 2014

October 28, 2014

Evangelicals For Marriage Equality

[Photo By: BEN CHRISMAN] Churches are splitting, congregants are leaving, parents are abusing, and denominations are...

October 15, 2014

Partial Justice: Woman Locks Officer in Basement

[Woman Locks Officer In Basement: You might have seen this pop up on Reddit the...

October 02, 2014

Pseudo-Pacifism: Why Privileged People Love Quoting MLK

[The uncensured version of this photo was doctored, original photo is of MLK showing a...

September 2014

September 08, 2014

DeChristianizing: Chatting with Conservatives

Lem, as you'll hear in the video, professes to be an evangelical, while Brent is slightly...

September 01, 2014

Theological Abuse: The Problem is Not Mark Driscoll

Hypothetically speaking, if Mark Driscoll did in fact decide to resign from Mars Hill Church,...

August 2014

August 28, 2014

Jon Stewart on Ferguson

“Race is there, it exists. You’re tired of hearing about it? Imagine how fucking exhausting...

August 22, 2014

How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson

How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson is a Guest Post from JENÉE...

August 22, 2014

How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson

How to Deal With Friends’ Racist Reactions to Ferguson is a Guest Post from JENÉE...