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May 2020

May 31, 2020

Let It Burn

"You can't fan the flames and then condemn the fire." These were the words of...

May 23, 2020

Essential

Use the church as a pawn in political games? They would never! Well. If by 'never'...

January 2019

January 28, 2019

Why The Patriarchy Lies About Reproductive Health: And No, New York Is Not Killing Babies

Did the state of New York last week adopt a law that would allow a...

January 25, 2019

The Human Cost of the Shutdown: And the Moral Bankruptcy Revealed in Wilbur Ross’ Comments

In communities all over the country, food pantries are putting out pleas for more donations....

January 03, 2019

Take Out The Trash: The Fight For A Border Wall Is Killing Our National Parks

Some of my best memories are of time spent in National Parks. When my husband...

January 02, 2019

Jerry Falwell Jr. and the Toxic Theology of ‘Two Kingdoms’

It's the oldest trick in the book—the most evil men in the world surround themselves...

November 2018

November 07, 2018

Women in the House: Progress Comes in Steps, Not Waves

As of today, there are 100 Women in the House of Representatives. 100 Women in...

November 05, 2018

Trump as Messiah: The Billboard Is Gone, But the Sentiment Remains

If you live in the St. Louis metro and you drive home on I-70 in...

October 2018

October 20, 2018

Do Christians Resent Their Own Morality?

Guest post by Benjamin J. Dueholm Do Christians resent their own morality? I’ve been asking...

October 16, 2018

The March for Evidence-Based Governance

Guest post by Dr. Lisa R. Hale Things moved fast for Brett Kavanaugh in that...

September 2018

September 13, 2018

Who Is My Neighbor? Kevin Yoder’s Ugly Campaign Tactics and Creating An Other

In my sermon on Sunday, I talked about the power of fear in our current...

September 10, 2018

Assemble: The Gospel of the Avengers

This is the first sermon in a series, "Resist: Justice Heroes from the Bible and...

August 2018

August 10, 2018

If You Aren’t Progressive, What Are You? (Hint: It’s Not Conservative)

New trend: political ads in which a GOP incumbent says that his opponent is "too...

July 2018

July 02, 2018

The Edge of Great Change: Why All the Ugliness is Still Good News

I take it for granted sometimes that I can stand up and preach on a...

June 2018

June 20, 2018

WORLD REFUGEE DAY — When Will You Feed Us?

Guest post by Vy Nguyen Executive Director of Week of Compassion One day a year,...

May 2018

May 17, 2018

$h*t Jesus Says: “These Are Not People, They’re Animals” Edition

Truly I tell you, these immigrants you see before you are not people. They are...

April 2018

April 26, 2018

Farewell, Apu: Problematic Simpsons Character May be Leaving Springfield

Viewers of "The Simpsons" have grown increasingly vocal about the problematic nature of Apu, with...

April 11, 2018

Sick and Tired: The Real Burden That Lawmakers Place on Teachers

Guest post: My friend Tasha is one of many teachers in Kentucky (and elsewhere)...

April 10, 2018

And Who Else Would We Be?

I wrote a book last summer. It made me really angry. That book *officially* releases...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Career Obsessed Banshees with Snake-Filled Heads: Why Courtland Sykes Is No Joke

Career-obsessed banshees. She-devils who shriek from the tops of tall buildings. Mean-spirited radical feminists. Women...

January 24, 2018

Not One More: Eleven Shootings in Three Weeks, With A Long List of Accomplices

Three weeks into the 2018 school year, there have been eleven school shootings in the...

December 2017

December 13, 2017

Alabama is Not the Problem: Roy Moore and the Greater Sins of America

A lot of people are hating on Alabama, and the South in general lately. As the...

December 04, 2017

Let God’s Blessings Trickle Down Slowly (and Other Stuff The Bible Doesn’t Say)

Let justice trickle down like a leaky faucet... Praise God from whom all blessings trickle...

June 2017

June 09, 2017

A Change in the Wind: 10 Reasons Kansas is Good News for the Country Right Now

In case you’re not familiar with the Kansas political scene--first of all, lucky you. And...

March 2017

March 28, 2017

The Growing Voice of Progressive Faith

Progressive Christian voices are gaining power on the political scene. And lately, I'm seeing reports...

January 2017

January 19, 2017

Back to Work For Affordable Healthcare

It's kind of a fog, but from what I recall, we had a 3-year-old and a...

January 09, 2017

The Difference Between Celebrity and Authority: Meryl Streep Gets It, Trump Never Will

Her Highness Meryl Streep preached a sermon at the Golden Globes last night. As she accepted...

November 2016

November 23, 2016

When Inclusion Becomes a “Divisive Political Issue”

One of the school districts in the Kansas City area has banned teachers from wearing...

November 13, 2016

A Broken Hallelujah: How SNL Helped Us Grieve

There's a reason they call it a "cold open." There is no intro. No setting...

November 09, 2016

I’m With Them

"My head is pounding and I feel sick; but I can't go to bed because...