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February 2018

February 19, 2018

Deep Roots Podcast: Ernesto Cardenal, Revolutionary Priest

In this episode, we examine Ernesto Cardenal. Cardenal is a liberation theologian who refuses to be...

February 04, 2018

Deep Roots Podcast: Simone Weil, Red Virgin

In this episode we remember Simone Weil. She was a philosopher, mystic, political theorist, and...

January 2018

January 15, 2018

Deep Roots Podcast: Bayard Rustin, Forgotten Prophet

Today is Martin Luther King Jr Day in the United States. It is not only...

December 2017

December 28, 2017

Deep Roots Podcast: At Play with the Holy Fools

Within Christianity there is a strange subset of the prophet called the “Holy Fool.” Holy...

May 2016

May 20, 2016

A Letter from Your Uncle

My Dear Nephew, I hope this letter finds you well. I'm enjoying my retirement. Gardening...

April 2016

April 14, 2016

enlightenment

It stung when my eyelids slid off carried away in a flow of tears and...

January 2016

January 31, 2016

If you don’t vote, you don’t get to complain?

Vote or don't vote, everyone has a right to complain about how they are governed....

January 11, 2016

American Jesus

Matthew 5:38-45 American Exceptional Version 38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye...

January 11, 2016

Jesus Hates Islamophobia

Every time a Muslim refugee or Muslim citizen commit a violent crime in this country, it...

January 02, 2016

5 Wonderfully Subversive Books I’ve Read to My Son

I love to read and I read a lot. But I don't much time for...

December 2015

December 21, 2015

my mind’s highest ambition

I place my brain on the dewy grass where it lies, naked pink and shivering...

December 18, 2015

the wind blows angry

The wind blows angry In the lonely places Where it is safe to rage. Far...

December 15, 2015

anchor tree

In deep morning still dark and cool I place my hand on my anchor tree....

December 14, 2015

wise squirrel

I am the wise squirrel who climbs out of the underworld and dances up the...

December 13, 2015

psychopomp tree

An old juniper tree guards the gate to the underworld. Jagged and dry, he dies....

December 12, 2015

the moon is a raven

The moon is a raven when she sleeps she carries the night on her wings...

July 2014

July 23, 2014

On Homelessness

This article was written accidentally. After one too many judgmental comments about homeless persons persons...

February 2014

February 12, 2014

In Defense of Extremism

I am frustrated with the widespread mental habit of equating being "extreme" with rigidity or...

December 2013

December 10, 2013

On Apathy and Compassion

When I was 17 years old, I became the primary caregiver for my dying mother....

August 2013

August 01, 2013

Jesus Broke the Law

Often, when talking to someone about the radical implications of the way of Jesus, my...

July 2013

July 31, 2013

A Litany of Lament

We thank you, O God, for the good things we enjoy in our lives. But...

July 30, 2013

A Litany of Resistance

O Holy Spirit, who at the beginning of creation moved over the face of the...

July 25, 2013

Plastic Jesus

Entombed in plastic My lord speaks Brought low by thrifty men His dangerous words forgotten...

July 24, 2013

A Prayer for Creation

Creation longs for freedom, Our flesh cries out for liberation, The Spirit sighs. Bring your...

July 22, 2013

May the Heavens be Torn

The Baptism of Jesus is a serious deal to the Gospel writers. And for Mark...

July 19, 2013

West Bank Liturgy

The sidewalks of this city are my labyrinth broken bottles and shabby men roasting coffee...

July 18, 2013

A Prayer to the Breath of God

Breathe into us, Spirit of God Breathe into our mouths that we might proclaim the...

July 17, 2013

Waiting with Simone Weil

These are the words of the prophet Habbakuk: O Lord, how long shall I cry...

July 16, 2013

Manifesto

Drawing in the hot breath of God, My shaking lungs sting Struggling to contain the...

January 2013

January 22, 2013

Hitler and Jesus

Hitler and Jesus have more in common than we're willing to realize. Yes, one is...