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September 2018

September 19, 2018

Why Kavanaugh Should Withdraw

The problem with confirming Kavanaugh “even if he did it” on the premise that men...

September 04, 2018

Kavanaugh and the Threat to Women

Reversing Roe does nothing to address the causes of unintended pregnancies nor many of the...

July 2018

July 04, 2018

Women’s Unalienable Rights Cannot Be Subject to Whims of Politics

The Declaration of Independence identifies Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness as unalienable Rights....

July 02, 2018

Last Week Was Hard: Moving Reproductive Justice Forward with Faith

We cannot allow narrow ideological commitments rooted in fear, disinformation, and prejudice to shape our...

May 2018

May 26, 2018

Why Falling U.S. Birthrates are a Good Thing

The reality of our climate crisis is so profound that we must recognize it will...

May 13, 2018

All I Want for Mother’s Day is . . . An End to Poverty

A new Poor People’s Campaign is launched on May 13, 2018 – Mother’s Day. An...

April 2018

April 07, 2018

What is Progressive Christianity?

The term "progressive" has long been used to represent an understanding of Christianity marked by...

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...

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...

May 2016

May 13, 2016

Has North Carolina become the “Hate State”?

Clearly, being Christian means something different to me than to many people in NC who...

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...

November 2015

November 19, 2015

Violence and Ambiguity – What Can We Assert?

Ambiguity is an honest and appropriate response to events that are rapidly unfolding, complex, emotionally-charged,...

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...

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...

October 07, 2015

How Capitalism is Destroying Higher Education: Why David Brooks Got it Wrong

To suggest that when faculty focus on research and teaching that we (or our universities)...

October 05, 2015

Why K-Cups Are Going To Kill Us

But really, its not K-Cups, per se, that are the problem. The problem is much...

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 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 02, 2015

Celebrating the Moral Courage of Women Who Have Abortions

During this media blitz highlighting the Catholic Church’s generosity of absolving women of their “sin...

August 2015

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...

May 2015

May 08, 2015

Why Do Christians Fight Over the Bible?

Last week I wrote a blog post about the Supreme Court’s deliberations regarding marriage equality....

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 14, 2015

Are Scholar-Activists Welcome in the Academy?

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

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...