Author, Pastor, Activist, Storyteller

F*ck the fireworks and flip the flags. For actual patriotic Americans, this isn’t a party, it’s a funeral. There is nothing to celebrate here. We

I can remember when we had a human president. It was only a few months ago, but it may have been a lifetime. Watching President

My country is hurting. We, the People, are hurting. The hurt shows up in so many ways, ways that surprise and distract and confuse us, ways

For a brief moment, watching Donald Trump and Elon Musk in a petty, posturing social media catfight was amusing; a welcome bit of schadenfreude seeing

To all those who imagine themselves to be friends, allies, and advocates of the LGBTQ community, As we enter PRIDE month, I think it’s important

Photo by Travis Long tlong@newsobserver.com Sometimes you don’t notice attrition when it happens. When you lose elemental parts of you, they don’t all depart at once,