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October 2021

October 03, 2021

2030 Climate Sanctuaries

I am increasingly convinced the greatest failure of the church in my generation is its...

September 2020

September 21, 2020

Sanctuary: Being Christian In the Wake of Trump

Full disclosure: a few summers back our family took a road trip with long stops...

February 2020

February 06, 2020

Reimagining and Mediating a Progressive Christian South

The following essay is excerpted from the recently released Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case...

August 2019

August 12, 2019

A Vision For The ELCA As the First Church To Declare Itself A Sanctuary Denomination

9.5 Theses On Being A Sanctuary Denomination "[One] who will not help or support others...

August 11, 2019

ELCA First Sanctuary Denomination, But Then: That Time A White Male Pastor Waits Two Days To Deflate A Radical Denominational Statement

So, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I am about to spit...

August 07, 2019

Five Steps In Declaring Your Church A Sanctuary Congregation

So, you'd like your church to declare itself part of the new sanctuary network. You...

September 2018

September 21, 2018

A Visit To Detention And Unaccompanied Minors Centers At the Arizona-Mexico Border

Our first evening in Tucson is a briefing. The room is full of people...