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January 2018

January 28, 2018

Soul Blind

Modify the river’s course Make the waters work for you Cast your lots with loaded...

January 19, 2018

How Did We Get Here?

Welcome to Bizarro World. For more than a year now, millions of Americans have been walking...

January 15, 2018

Trump supporter, when it comes to “sh*thole countries”, you can’t have it both ways

The nation and world are still reeling from President Trump's comments about immigration when he...

December 2017

December 19, 2017

Right Wing Christians–Even if You’re Right, You’re Wrong

I used to count myself in your number, right wing Christians. I used to buy...

November 2017

November 17, 2017

How Reggie Miller Taught Me to Empathize with Trump Supporters

Like most folks who lived in Indianapolis during the 1990s, I have a soft spot...

October 2017

October 25, 2017

The Tectonics of Rioting

For days, the city was a disaster area. When the news broke, the bubbling magma...

October 19, 2017

70 X 7 = It’s All Good

Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my...

October 03, 2017

Mysterious, Marvelous Grace

Middle school student, Mary, is in trouble. Her teacher has just caught her cheating on...

September 2017

September 28, 2017

When Conservative Christians’ Patriotism Overwhelms Their Heart for the Hurting

Patriotism has shrouded the hearts of too many Christians. Too many have sold their soul...

September 27, 2017

5 cards conservatives keep up their sleeves for any discussion on racial problems

The NFL's controversial Take a Knee protests have the nation talking about racial issues. That's...

September 26, 2017

Are you defending the flag or hiding behind it?

I've been debating all day. In the wake of the article I wrote on Sunday...

September 24, 2017

I Choose to Stand Because I Haven’t the Guts to Take a Knee

They are crying out for our great nation to be greater--to be what it is...

September 21, 2017

“Black Lives Matter” Matters: If You Don’t Think So, You Are the Proof

If millions of people perceive a problem, there is likely a problem, whether you can...

September 17, 2017

Unconditional Mercy

I'm currently involved in a small group book study. The book is called Christ Have Mercy:...

September 12, 2017

Kyrie Eleison: This nation needs mercy not finger pointing

I've never been one to ascribe suffering to the selective punishment of God. Perhaps I'm...

September 04, 2017

Conservative Christian Trump Supporters, How Can You Support the Repeal of DACA?

President Trump continues to do everything within his power--perhaps even things beyond his power--to wipe...

September 03, 2017

What a Utah Nurse’s Arrest Reveals About White Privilege

What is different about this case is the sort of people that are outraged by...

August 2017

August 27, 2017

Giving Up a Little Bit of Me So You Can Be You

That's me in that picture. I was about 18 then and I was in the...

August 21, 2017

Symptoms Change, Flare Up and Recede, but the Disease Remains the Same

My wife and I had an argument last night. We don't talk often about politics...

August 19, 2017

Blessed are the Peacemakers–a Message for the Resistance

Photo: Washington Star-Bernie Boston (1967) When you see them, it is easy to let rage...

August 18, 2017

The Message about Racism that I Took from a Movie You Probably Didn’t See

Sometime in late 2015, I began to hear a buzz about a Civil War movie...

August 06, 2017

What If It Didn’t Matter?

"If a boy tells his parents he is attracted to another boy, he should be...

August 03, 2017

I’m tired and numbed by the constant noise of Trump’s America

With the passing of each new day, the news from the White House gets more...

July 2017

July 28, 2017

Manifest Destiny-Doing the Unsavory Work of God

The image above is the most famous work of art depicting Manifest Destiny. The John...

July 27, 2017

Sure, the N.R.A. is a joke, but guns don’t kill people, lack of empathy does

There are things about me that don't fit the mold of someone you'd expect to...

July 19, 2017

America’s disease lurks and seethes in comment threads

I have a love/hate relationship with social media. For better or worse, if I'm honest,...

July 07, 2017

Salt is Like That

Salt is one of the most versatile things in the world. Two elements, sodium and...

July 06, 2017

Steph Curry’s New Contract Reflects America’s Biggest Problem

Let me start off by assuring you that I am not a socialist--but let's talk....

June 2017

June 30, 2017

Christian Trump Supporter, Can You See the Emperor Has No Fruits?

Photo Credit: Conservative Daily News Conservative Christian who still supports President Trump, I am going...

June 27, 2017

The Liberating Power in the Potential of Wrongness–Making Room for Empathy

A smart man might firmly believe he is right. A wise man understands that he...