I meet thousands of people every year who rightly recoil against Christianity in America, who are fully sickened by its  insidious influence in our political system; who see it as

John Lewis has left this place.  After eight decades braving taunts and threats and bruises and broken bones, trying to make the world that could be out the world that

Republican friends, if I were in your shoes this wouldn’t be difficult. The decision wouldn’t even be in question.  It would be a no-brainer. You wouldn’t need to attempt to

Hey. I don’t know whether anyone’s told you lately or not, but you’re doing a great job. Really. You probably don’t feel that way, but under the conditions that’s understandable.

The President wants schools open in the Fall and he’s threatening to withhold funding to those that refuse—this while several states are seeing record numbers of new cases. This is

Some people haven’t learned anything in four years. One of the most disconcerting trends I see on social media right now, is a continual dissemination of polls, statistics, and trends

White Republican friend, we need to talk. Recently, people all around this nation began waking up to the pervasive inequities and racial disparities and police brutality here, and many for

These Republicans are telling you something right now, America. If you listen carefully, you can hear them. With every panicked and quivering move they are clearly testifying. They are confirming

Yesterday, an old friend of mine who happens to be white, posted her frustration with the proliferation of news sources: the difficulty discerning what was true in the swirling storm

Yesterday, I stumbled into a war zone. A friend of mine was being besieged on social media by a furious crossfire of rapid-fire vitriol from a disparate army of toddler

Recently, in a conversation about race with Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy and Christian rapper Lecrae, Atlanta megachurch pastor Louie Giglio said: “We understand the curse that was slavery … but

As a rule, denial is a really terrible life-saving strategy, no matter how popular it might be. Yesterday, I drove past a house party in my neighborhood: thirty or so

So, how’s 2020 going? Yeah, I know. Hey, remember back when we thought 2019 was horrible? When 2018 was heartbreaking? When 2017 was an abject disaster? Remember on December 31st,

This week as I stood here in Raleigh inside a glorious mass of humanity moving through the streets with fists and signs and voices raised, I found my mind wandering.

Black Lives Matter. I’ve heard you say it and I’ve seen you tweet it, but I wonder what it means to you.  Here’s what I hope it means: I hope

New Orlean Saints Drew Brees is by all accounts a really good guy: philanthropic, generous, and beloved around the NFL. He’s the kind of rugged, earnest, faithful team leader sports

And Jesus walked into the 3rd Precinct, sat down and began to teach them, saying: “You have heard it said, ‘Whatever you do unto the least of these, you do

“You’re so angry.” Yes, I am. I need you to know why. I’m angry that you willingly voted for a vile, predatory ignoramus who said the most despicable things about

White friend, how much is your father worth to you?   Your son? Your sister? Your spouse? Your mother?   Would they be worth stopping traffic if they were suffocated

Racism is a prolific killer. We’re seeing that right now. It is entrepreneurial in its malice and it will use whatever means necessary to eliminate those it is threatened by

100,00* people, America. 100,000 lives in 108 days. 100,000 mothers, best friends, favorite uncles, beloved teachers, helpful neighbors, papas, grandmas, first loves, only children, soul mates. 100,000 givers and helpers

Tonight at dinner, we were talking about some people we know with loved ones who contracted the coronavirus, about the difficulty they had caring for someone while distancing from them,

We’re burying the lede here, America. 83,000 Americans have died as of this writing. (By the time you read this, I shudder to think what that number will be.) 83,000

Ahmaud Arbery is dead because he was a black man. He was hunted down by two white strangers in broad daylight because he was two things: he was black and