Sometimes reality isn’t reality, it’s just volume. The loudest people get to write the story that everyone hears, the one they come to believe is the only story. In this

I have a feeling that if the migrants were white, things would be very different right now in America. We’d never have heard anything about building a wall during the

Sakhorn/Shutterstock.com Something often happens to people exposed to repeated trauma. Gradually, they become conditioned to accept the horrors as commonplace. Time and brutality starts to wear down their defenses and

“You should let people know what you’re for, not what you’re against.” People often say such things to me. The implication, is that declaring your opposition to people or to

One day this will all be over. History testifies that all brutal empires fall, all hateful movements dissolve, all malevolent momentary victors eventually find themselves defeated and driven out. Every

Trump Derangement Syndrome. This is the go-to insult hurled by Trump supporters; a catch-all bit of gaslighting designed to malign the emotional state and mental faculties of decent, rational human

The last time I spoke to my father was on the telephone. He was departing on a cruise to celebrate his 70th birthday and we’d unexpectedly caught him a few

I need you to clarify something for me, MAGA friend. I’ve seen all your incendiary social media posts about the border crossers. I’ve come across the fictional statistics about their

Friend, this isn’t difficult. I hear you making everything harder than it has to be. All your striving and searching and pontificating is overcomplicating things and distracting you. You’re not

If you call your local cable provider to order service, at some point in the conversation the customer service representative will invariably make you an offer. He or she will

Take a good look, America. This is your “lesser of two evils.” This is the result of your third party, middle finger protest vote. This is the fruit of you

Dear Church, The Exodus has begun and it’s not going to stop. People are leaving you and they’re probably not coming back. I’ve been where you are and I know

Conservatives love embryos. They tell us all the time. They speak effusively about them in conversation, publicly revere them, shed crocodile tears over them, accost strangers entering clinics over them,

Hillary Clinton was right about everything. She was right when she warned us that Donald Trump was in bed with Russia. She was right when she said our election process

As I rewatched Avengers:Endgame, seeing a small army of superheroes on-screen, laying aside their petty squabbling, past disagreements, and warring egos in order to defeat a delusional madman with contempt

“I never wished for someone to die before. I’ve been suicidal many times in my life—but I’ve never been homicidal.” So began the tearful confession of a middle aged woman

Dear Franklin Graham, Recently you tweeted about Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, writing that the Mayor “says he’s a gay Christian.” You then immediately implied that he isn’t—as if his sexuality

To the White People I Pastored, Ever since the 2016 Presidential campaign, I’ve felt like I’ve needed to somehow apologize to those of you in my former churches who voted

For the past two years I’ve been traveling the country asking people a simple, elemental question: What kind of person does the world need right now? Regardless of their political

The world is rightly grieving the destruction at Notre Dame right now because it reminds us of a truth we so easily forget: we belong to one another. Watching the

I feel sorry for professed Christians who support this President. They have a profound and fundamental spiritual problem: their God is too small. They passionately worship a deity made in

Every day in my travels around this country (both in person or online) people ask one question: “How do you stay hopeful right now; how do you keep going when

(Warning: May be triggering to people with depression, anxiety, and other mental illness.) There are millions of people who are hiding right now. They’re right next to you on Sunday,

Robert Mueller was never going to be  our Messiah. His report regarding the investigation of this President (which we have not seen, and likely will not see without substantial redaction