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June 2020

June 08, 2020

Do We Need Cops?

I need to confess something that will make me look unwoke. I was a bit...

July 2018

July 23, 2018

Austin Channing Brown: Black Dignity In White Space

If there’s one book your church small group needs to order for this fall, it’s...

December 2017

December 29, 2017

Sandhya Rani Jha: Transformation Is Local

My next conversation is with Sandhya Rani Jha, the director of the Oakland Peace Center...

October 2017

October 31, 2017

Ten Principles for the Next Reformation

I got to spend the weekend that marked the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation...

July 2017

July 31, 2017

What Does Winning Look Like for Christians?

Before Donald Trump became president, he promised that if he were elected, Americans would "win...

July 09, 2017

Five twitter theology feeds: the gospel, hyervigilant moralism, law and order, God’s glory, Good Samaritan

I've been traveling for the past week so I've only had internet access on my...

February 2017

February 20, 2017

Is the Eucharist more powerful than an executive order?

On a recent podcast episode with Scot McKnight and Kenneth Tanner, Kenneth made the comment...

January 2017

January 24, 2017

Five #AlternativeFacts of toxic Christianity

While government officials have always distorted truth, the Trump Administration is the first to openly...

December 2016

December 07, 2016

God’s wrath is the salvation of the oppressed

"Be strong, do not fear! Here is your God. He will come with vengeance, with terrible recompense. He will...

July 2016

July 22, 2016

Donald Trump and evangelical law and order

Law and order. A three word phrase Donald Trump used dozens of times in his...

April 2016

April 29, 2016

Is punishment the primary vocation of a bishop?

Drew McIntyre is not a bad person. I got to know him on a mission...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

10 posts I wish more people had seen this year

Since everyone is doing their end-of-year top 10 posts, I figured I would do the...

June 2015

June 06, 2015

Worship and justice in the feast of first fruits (Deuteronomy 26)

Yesterday's lectionary reading included a passage from Deuteronomy 26 that gives instructions on what the...

May 2015

May 01, 2015

Why white Christians need to listen to Amos and Isaiah

"But let justice roll down like waters; and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream." Amos 5:24...

November 2014

November 20, 2014

If you need for undocumented immigrants to be punished, then you don’t believe in Jesus’ cross

We have a broken immigration system. And it's broken in a way that is incredibly...

August 2014

August 20, 2014

Could you listen to an angry black Jesus?

I know. He doesn't look all that angry. There just aren't any good angry black...

April 2014

April 21, 2014

Sharia law, capital punishment, and forgiveness

Sharia law. The name conjures up images of barbaric practices like stoning women for adultery...

February 2014

February 23, 2014

Wrestling with heaven and hell (last weekend’s #sermon #podcast)

I keep on getting busy and forgetting to post my sermon podcasts. Last weekend, for...

January 2014

January 20, 2014

Salvation from “whiteness”: a subversive reading of Job

For Martin Luther King Day, I wanted to consider a very challenging quote from black...

November 2013

November 20, 2013

Justice of the heart and Frank Schaefer

This week, the United Methodist Church put a pastor on trial named Frank Schaefer for...

July 2013

July 09, 2013

What are the “weightier matters of the law”? (Matthew 23:23)

What comes to mind when you hear the phrase "weightier matters of the law"? It...

May 2013

May 03, 2013

Is Guantanamo Bay as far as the east is from the west?

Do you think these human beings matter to God? They certainly don't matter much to...

January 2013

January 21, 2013

Justice as a question of piety vs. holiness

With it being Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend, we preached on justice as our sermon...

January 08, 2013

Frantz Fanon and Isaiah 61

Isaiah 61 was the Daily Office Old Testament reading for today. Some of you will...

December 2012

December 29, 2012

Javert vs. Valjean: the two Christianities of Les Miserables

***Spoiler alert: this post presumes that you know the storyline of Les Miz.*** After watching...

December 26, 2012

Looking Back on 2012: Jan-Feb

I figured I would end 2012 by reviewing a selection of my posts from throughout...

December 21, 2012

Isaiah 10 and the fiscal cliff

When I read something in the Bible and I think I shouldn't say anything about...

December 14, 2012

Why I hate retributive justice

I just found out that a kid I love a lot who's a very smart...

December 03, 2012

Why worship without justice dishonors God (Isaiah 1:10-20)

Isaiah 1:10-20 is a sobering prophetic passage in which God reams out the Israelites for...

November 2012

November 23, 2012

Mercy Not Sacrifice: A Recovering Evangelical’s Manifesto

I desperately need your help and feedback in pulling this book together. I have shared...