To the 70-something guy in our local pizza place tonight, loudly bragging about the gun you had on you: We could hear you. I could. My wife could. My children

I was really busy last night. As usual, I’d piled far too much on my plate and found myself at the end of another day; hovering over a screen and

Christianity in America is being radicalized. As it further aligns with this Presidency, under the leadership of opportunistic Conservative preachers and evangelists—it is jettisoning the compassion, love, and commitment to

Gun lover, Can we just be honest, here? This isn’t about the Constitution. I know you say that it is, and admittedly you sure do name-drop it an awful lot

It was a bright, brilliant Thursday afternoon in June outside the Syracuse airport. As the car came to rest next to the curb, my wife and my kids and I

I used to believe that all people were essentially the same; that across the diving lines of politics and religion, and beneath the surface veneer of language and personality—that we

Fact-checking website Politifact has determined that President Trump has spoken falsehoods, either substantially or completely—69 percent of the time. He regularly hovers between Pants-on-Fire and Pinocchio. Understand the gravity of

I came across your Tweet today; the one about these “arrogant snot teenagers” protesting gun violence—how they “stomp, pout, and cry when everything doesn’t go their way.”  I saw you

“These teenagers aren’t emotionally mature enough to speak on the gun issue.” This has been the gun-loving lobby’s party line, ever since the students around this country were catalyzed into activism

In the wake of the shameful growing legacy of mass shootings in America, one of the saddest realizations, is that the loudest, most vehement voices championing the cause of weapons

A little child will lead them all. For the past few days I’ve been seeing superheroes. Superheroes like Emma Gonzalez, a teenager standing in the middle of unthinkable grief, speaking

How dare you politicize a tragedy like this! This is not the time! You can’t even wait until the bodies are in the ground! I heard that again today. I

God doesn’t bless America. That’s not how this works. I’m sorry to break it to you, Bible Belt Christians—but that’s just how it is. I know this kinda wrecks the

So the President has instructed the Pentagon that wants a Military Parade, “like the one of France.” I’m all for it. We’ll just need to do a few things first:

You can tell a lot about people by what gets them angry, by the causes they choose to defend, by the stuff that moves them to speak after being silent

It’s easy to be fooled by loud things. American Bible Belt Evangelical Christians have gone all-in with this Presidency, and in order to do so, they’ve had to sell their

“I’m so glad I don’t have to be politically correct anymore.” Boy, if I had a dime for every time I’ve heard that since the 2016 Presidential campaign began—today I’d

Dear White Evangelicals, I need to tell you something: People have had it with you. They’re done. They want nothing to do with you any longer, and here’s why: They

Hell is a terrible place, Donald Trump. It is a place where horrible things belong; where ugly, vile, sickening stuff should go and never escape from.  It is a place

I walked around today and I looked at people; those passing me in the grocery store, driving beside me on the highway, filling my newsfeed, walking by the house. I

When people are pressed up against nightmares in the daylight—words are powerful, but they can’t hold a candle to silence. Silence can be a far more brutal weapon in doing

Dr Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream. I’m pretty sure this wasn’t it. This America, more fractured than ever. This heart sickness, as insidious as its ever been. This

At times in this life it can be a challenge to figure out who the bad people are, but sometimes they help you. Sometimes they do the work for you.

In my book  ‘A Bigger Table,’ I tell the story of the day I met a teenage girl named Tracy and her older brother Caleb while serving as a youth