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April 2016

April 02, 2016

The Perils of Negotiating Black Identity on a White Campus

I used to be the one to always speak out and speak my mind when...

April 01, 2016

Dialogue on Race: College Students Talk Across Racial Lines

One of the most vibrant memories I have was when I was in second grade,...

March 2016

March 26, 2016

The Threat of Hate in North Carolina: #WeAreNotThis

What happened Wednesday in North Carolina is about patriarchy and the authoritarian control of a...

March 07, 2016

What We Need to Learn from Trump

There is a problem in white America and it will not go away until we...

March 03, 2016

The Threat of Obama

Racism is a deep malignancy in the very core of our identity as Americans. A...

February 2016

February 29, 2016

Is Slavery Really Over?

White people will never be able to understand the problem of policing and the black...

February 16, 2016

What Does the Lord Require of You? A Message for Comfortable Christians

Comfortable Christians need to step out of our comfort zones and begin to take risks...

January 2016

January 08, 2016

What Does It Mean to Say “All Lives Matter?”

Now, many whites across this country have reacted in support of the Black Lives Matter...

December 2015

December 27, 2015

Is Tribal Christianity as Dangerous as Tribal Islam?

Stories of dysfunction and violence in Islamic countries and stories of institutional racism and xenophobia...

November 2015

November 24, 2015

Thanksgiving, Banquets, and Hunger: Pausing to Consider Justice in the Midst of Plenty

Ending hunger is not some pie-in-the-sky utopian dream. It is a matter of political will.

November 17, 2015

Solidarity Ethics Offer an Alternative Pathway for Justice

How is it possible that so few have so much, when so many have so...

November 09, 2015

Do Benedictions Matter?

When we recited my familiar progressive benediction on Saturday, it reminded me of the power...

November 02, 2015

When Will Republican States Do Their Duty?

In theory, I support the idea of states’ rights. It follows the basic ethical principle...

October 2015

October 28, 2015

How to Fight Right-Wing Abortion Extremists and Help Poor Women

Finally, now, instead of simply feeling sick and tired by this relentless attack on women’s...

September 2015

September 28, 2015

Documenting the Undocumented: How ID Programs Improve Community

It is difficult to keep your community safe if undocumented community members are afraid of...

September 23, 2015

Protestant Pope Envy

As a feminist, I see this difference between our ecclesial structures – the difference between...

September 15, 2015

What’s a White Christian to Do? Racism, White Privilege, and Stepping Up

White privilege and racism will not go away until we begin to address these problems...

September 10, 2015

Is a “Fair Trial” possible in a racist society?

Most of us aren’t trained to think about social problems in a structural way. When...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Bernie Sanders Is Riding the Third Rail

By standing up for socialism and ideas that have been marked as unpopular and unwinnable,...

August 27, 2015

Does it matter if my ancestors owned slaves?

In some ways, it doesn’t matter if my ancestors owned slaves. After all, my privilege...

August 14, 2015

What Christian Feminism Can Teach Us About Dealing with Our Racist Past

In the midst of a country where black lives appear expendable and some white people...

August 03, 2015

Misogyny is Exhausting

While misogyny is deeply embedded in the development, history, and theology of Christianity, this does...

July 2015

July 31, 2015

Why My Heart Breaks When Churches “Leave” the PCUSA

My heart broke a little as I rode my bike past that church. It broke...

July 24, 2015

NC Legislators Cut Off Nose to Spite Face

In the midst of the racism and prejudice particularly against black people that permeates the...

June 2015

June 05, 2015

Debunking the Myth of “Bootstrap” Morality

Despite our insistence that if people just worked harder they would improve their economic circumstances,...

April 2015

April 30, 2015

Biblical Marriage is Not What You Think

God protect us from Biblical sexual ethics, Biblical marriages, and Biblical literalists! The truth of...

April 28, 2015

How Honoring Self Makes One a Better Mother

Jesus said that there is no greater commandment than to love God and to love...

April 23, 2015

Connecting the Dots Between Wild Violets, Fracking, and Homelessness

It’s springtime in North Carolina. Between the redbuds, dogwoods, azaleas, wisteria, lily of the valley,...

April 14, 2015

Are Scholar-Activists Welcome in the Academy?

People enter the academy for a variety of reasons. Some of us love books and...

March 2015

March 18, 2015

Taking Risks for Social Change

A couple of weeks ago, I published a blog piece prompted by a new report...