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March 2018

March 05, 2018

Raising Sons Like We Raise Our Daughters

I want them to know that sex can be right and good and wonderful! It...

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...

October 2016

October 22, 2016

Trump, Sexual Assault, and Incest: When Forgiveness is Failure

In the midst of the chaos of this election it is also important to pay...

September 2016

September 30, 2016

How to Pray When You Don’t Believe in Magic

Asking God to heal the sick or feed the hungry or to end injustice is...

March 2016

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 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...

December 16, 2015

Peace on Earth? Is Misogyny Ever Innocent?

Let me say right off the bat – I don’t know this family or the...

December 14, 2015

Is an Apocalypse Inevitable Before We Can Achieve Sustainability?

While delegates in Paris have been hammering out a long-overdue global deal to lower greenhouse...

December 01, 2015

Homegrown Terrorism: Why Colorado is NOT the Action of a Lone Gunman

The truth is, all Christians, pro-life and pro-choice, need to change our behavior when it...

November 2015

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 12, 2015

An Adventure in Cartography: Approaching College Visits as a Pair of Explorers

Place matters, and different places feel right to different people for a variety of reasons.

September 2015

September 23, 2015

Protestant Pope Envy

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

September 21, 2015

I’m Christian, But I’m Not. . .

As a Presbyterian minister and a progressive Christian ethicist, when the young people on the...

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 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...

February 2015

February 05, 2015

introductions – who am I?

So, you have found your way to this site. Welcome, and thank you for poking...

February 05, 2015

so why do you read blogs?

Hey dear readers! I believe there are four of you right now. Amazing since I...

February 05, 2015

doing justice, loving kindness, walking humbly with god

Like all of us, my life is shaped and formed by the many different roles...