A failed high school science experiment increased my empathy for those who can’t sleep.
Politics & Society
My queer IQ was low. I decided to show up anyway.
And it was enabled by social structures of permission.
In the life of early Israel, Gottwald found a God of economic justice.
On Fridays in the church basement, I see glimpses of something precarious and beautiful.
Social media platforms are damaging democracy, and it’s not primarily about what speech they do or don’t moderate.
What do Reinhold Niebuhr's blind spots tell us about our own?
People fear the impact of difficult books. They aren’t entirely wrong.
We need to stop talking about “good” and “bad” neighborhoods
Both Sheryll Cashin and Yelena Bailey investigate the scandalous inequalities between city neighborhoods.
Reading Art Spiegelman’s Holocaust graphic novel with Christian eyes
The irony of banning a book about how we can’t escape our history.
Lawrence Jackson’s memoir tells a story of location shaped by race
Baltimore—from Frederick Douglass to Freddie Gray—informs his whole journey.
Doing church on social media is not like standing in the public square. It’s more like putting ourselves under a form of sovereignty.
Lisa Sharon Harper’s memoir of the legacy of slavery
Fortune gives a wrenching account of intergenerational trauma and its costs.
Be like water: clear, humble, persistent, and restorative.