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Refusing the rituals of cancel culture
Christians are called to pursue accountability through restoration—not exclusion.
The massacre that never ends
The brief biblical account of Herod’s slaughter of the innocents raises the question of what faith demands when politics fails to stop the killing.
Do not be deceived
Paul’s words to the Galatians have taken on a haunting relevance in an age of deepfakes and propaganda.
The bard of Gen Z
Cameron Winter and his band, Geese, make music that explores the dread and social alienation of my generation.
The racial dynamics of ICE violence
White people are not ICE’s targets. But allies who stand in solidarity often lose their privilege in the process.
The Cities Church protest and Bonhoeffer’s “promising godlessness”
When a pastor is an ICE agent, faithfulness might be found in what looks like its exact opposite—the active disruption of Christian practice.
The Bible is clear: Stay woke
The New Testament authors repeatedly tell their readers to be awake.
The smoke screen of “speaking the truth in love”
It seems like every Christian on social media has an opinion on Philip Yancey’s confession. I think we should keep them to ourselves.
Stranger Things at the hinge point of faith
If it seems impossible that these characters are gone, maybe it’s because in some sense, they aren’t.
Why ICE agents hide their faces
Genesis 3 and Emmanuel Levinas can help us make sense of masked violence.
Franklin Graham preaches a God of hate
In his holiday sermon at the Pentagon, Graham cited scripture as a justification for war. But what if Samuel got God wrong?
Reading the Qur’an at Christmastide
God seems more real to me when I encounter other traditions’ reflections on what God is like.
Collective punishment
The scriptural concept of collective blessing challenges the pervasive logic that seems to be holding this country hostage.
All nativity scenes are political
The anti-ICE and “Christ in the rubble” nativity scenes are also theologically profound—and fully in keeping with the best Christmas traditions.
Sing Christmas carols during Advent. Put up the tree before Halloween.
God’s RSVP has no date or time.
Before cancel culture, there was damnatio memoriae
Rome’s political erasures were a precursor to today’s contested US history.
Rockwell the activist
The US government is deploying Norman Rockwell’s paintings of idealized American life as propaganda. Those who are preserving his legacy are not happy.
Mandatory mourning
What the responses to Charlie Kirk’s death reveal about truth, power, and the Christian call to honest grief
Pentecostalism for the people
Progressive politics can flow naturally from a life of prayer. I learned this from my Latine Pentecostal family.
Breaking cycles of violence with How to Train Your Dragon
I went to see a family movie. I got a lesson in René Girard’s mimetic theory.