Resistance is not futile, but it is exhausting. In the middle of the night following the election, as the sick reality was starting to set in, I began to get frantic texts, emails,

On really bad days I always miss my father. Since he died, that reality has never surprised me; the way moments of failure or depression rarely come without grief following close behind.

Friend, we don’t think you’ve been listening. If you’d been listening you’d understand. If you’d been listening you’d see us clearly. If you’d been listening you’d hear the honest cry of

She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted. – A small, scared man named Mitch Senator Elizabeth Warren was not the first woman like her to stand where she

At times like this, feeling is hazardous to one’s health. A working heart can be a liability in these days because its treasure, its beautiful, sacred tenderness—is the very thing

There are times when you realize how far Humanity has drifted, days when you see how sick we’ve become, moments when you notice how badly Christians have lost the plot. It often comes

Enough is enough. Even in the early days of the Presidential campaign it was a ludicrous idea: that Donald Trump was now a Christian; that he’d miraculously “found Jesus” right at the

As you get older, it’s easy to become preoccupied with all the things you’re losing: time, mobility, options, friends, hair. The attrition of existence can all begin to get heavy

Safety. To quote a wise man: “You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.” Safety has been the mantra of those trying to

From the moment my feet stepped onto Broad Street in Center City Philadelphia thirty years ago, I started to realize I’d been missing something. Like most young, cisgender, white Christian guys living in America,

Hate is a horribly powerful thing. It has a way of infiltrating the heart like a Cancer; polluting it, hardening it, darkening it, destroying it from the inside. When someone submits

In the days following the Women’s Marches all around the country ( including the largest protest of its kind in our nation’s capitol), I watched a curious and telling response

  Image: ABC News Mr. President, I spent your first day in office, among tens of thousands assembled here in the streets of my home city of Raleigh, along with millions in

Let the record show that I did not consent to this. Let it show that I did not vote for this man, that he did not represent me, that I

On the 20th of January, 2017, over 65 million people (more than half of those who voted in America’s election) grieved. We lamented the elevation to the highest level of our Government,

Some days I think people choose to miss the point.    In the weeks following the election, those of us opposing the coming Administration and protesting what we see as very

Dear Jesus, We regret to inform you that as of today, your services are no longer required. As will happen, changes have occurred in recent months that have now rendered

Photo credit: Slate.com During her Golden Globes acceptance speech on Sunday, Meryl Streep said what a majority of Americans believe: that cruelty and indecency aren’t who we are, that our diversity

Snowflakes are fragile, temporary, inconsequential little things. They are delicate and brittle and quite harmless—on their own. But when they begin to attach to other snowflakes, they become stronger, more powerful. They

The fence can be a valuable place for a spell. Many times it’s helpful to sit between two extremes and to try and find the specific spot of balance that brings

My father died suddenly while on vacation three years ago. The event rattled the bedrock of my life in ways that are difficult to describe, and taught me lessons I couldn’t

The Bible Belt needs Jesus. But not the one the Christians there are always selling, not the one they love to preach so loudly about, not the one they trumpet from the stage

A similar thing happens to me on many mornings lately. My eyes open and I suddenly become aware that I’m awake. My mind quickly begins assembling the first few seconds of my day (making plans,