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February 2017

February 13, 2017

How to Reject Xenophobia – Have Lunch Instead!

There many things - large and small - that Christians can do to fight the...

February 10, 2017

How White People Gather to Undermine White Supremacy

Last Sunday, two colleagues and I greeted a group of thirty-three people over a shared...

February 07, 2017

Practicing Solidarity: The Power of Churches to Challenge Hate

It is difficult to talk about these issues with white Christians in this country in...

January 2017

January 27, 2017

Afraid for the Future? Join the Resistance!!

“Alternate facts” do not exist. In common parlance, “alternate facts” are called “lies.” When our...

July 2016

July 09, 2016

What to Do About Our Crisis of Racial Injustice?

The problems that we face are not about the police. We do not need to...

April 2016

April 08, 2016

How To Be an Effective White Ally

To destroy racism we have to destroy the system that was built upon Black people’s...

April 05, 2016

Are Whites Guilty of Racism or Just Responsible For It?

White people want to believe that we are autonomous—that we are only being racist if...

April 03, 2016

Do White People Need Black Friends?

Of the white people I know who actively think and care about racism . ....

April 02, 2016

Reflections on Black Friends, Black Spaces, and White Identity

It felt vaguely colonialist for me to be coming to their space for just a...

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,...

February 2016

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 12, 2016

Is Civil Discourse Possible on the Internet? or Tamping Down on Trolls!

Developing a social justice community means that we need to be able to talk about...

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...

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...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Transforming the Teaching of Poverty

This morning, ninety college students and four law students from nineteen colleges and universities will...

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...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

Considering the Merits of Privilege

Saturday, I led a Women's Retreat at a local Baptist church. Our theme was "living...

February 05, 2015

Solidarity Ethics

In my book Solidarity Ethics, I explore the richness, depth, and challenge that a theology of...