When I heard the news about Anthony Bourdain’s passing, I felt the same disbelief that millions of people did, that maybe you did: the shock and sadness, and the staggering

If I hear one more Evangelical claim that God chose Donald Trump, I’m swear I’m gonna rapture myself. Christian Trumpers really need to stop spiritualizing the man, his campaign, and

White America, All this NFL National Anthem stuff is really pretty simple. It always has been. A couple of years ago, Colin Kaepernick took a knee during the National Anthem

The recent Supreme Court ruling on the Masterpiece Cakeshop will be billed by Evangelicals as a victory for “religious liberty.” It isn’t—at least not for these people. For them it’s

A large crowd assembled on a hillside. Then Jesus (or a guy who greatly resembled him) sat down to teach them all, saying: “Blessed are the damn-givers, for they will

America, Your children are beautiful. They are original, once-in-the-history-of-the-planet human beings with a near limitless capacity to do and be extraordinary. They are wild and bright and funny and lovable.

I got to visit with an old neighborhood friend today. When I was a child, Fred Rogers always made me feel that his home was my home, and I gladly

Dear Young White Men, In the wake of the massacre at Santa Fe High School, some media reports may have you a bit confused. The stories highlighted the shooter’s “rejection”

Those two words. Those two words invaded my newsfeed again this week and my stomach turned. That now far-too-frequent breaking news about a school, always includes those same two horrible

Often our words are more than words—they are floodlights. They pierce through our facades and our artifice, and into our shadow places, and they reveal who we are. Many times

To People of Color Living in America, I’m not sure whether you’ve noticed, but a lot of us white Christian folks here in America are really on edge these days.

Dear Friend, Mother’s Day is nearly here and I was thinking about you. I was wondering what this day is like for you. I realized it may not be what it

Comic books have lied to all of us. Heroism isn’t capes and costumes. It doesn’t come from radioactive spider bites or metal suits or gamma rays or distant planets. It isn’t

Church, I have some good news and some bad news. The bad news is—you’re slowly dying. Your buildings are clearing, your pews are emptying, your congregations are aging away.  There

Dear Sarah, I’ve been trying to reach you ever since that whole White House Correspondents Dinner business—which I imagine you’re already pretty sick of talking about. Honestly, I am too.

Comedian Michelle Wolf stepped to the podium at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner and verbally eviscerated everyone: The President, The Press, Mike Pence, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kellyanne Conway. MAGA Nation,

Last week I hopped into a cab in Toronto, heading to the airport after a weekend speaking engagement. My driver’s name was Mohammed; a middle-aged man born in Afghanistan, who

I’m going to hell. At least this is what American Evangelicals often like to tell me. Apparently though, I’m not alone. According to them I’m in very good company, as

Several times a day I meet or encounter people like you.  In a conversation about the unquestionably precarious days in this country; someone visibly disturbed by the facts being discussed,

The shooting at a Tennessee Waffle House and its aftermath, say everything about this Presidency: A white shooter with an assault weapon. (Police using restraint when apprehending said white shooter.)

Dear Mr. Trump, Watching your body of work over the past years, it seems apparent that no one told you what was expected of you; the things most responsible adults

Some lies are more damaging than others; they do more harm, cause more destruction, generate deeper wounds. These ideas don’t just distort the truth—they leave people in peril. There are

Yesterday was a long decade. By the end of the day, when my head finally hit the pillow I felt ten years older; as if I’d somehow spent far more