Who Then Is My Neighbor?

(ETA: A much better response can be found here: https://mereorthodoxy.com/and-who-is-my-neighbor/) If you’ve been around the New Testament to any great … More

The Color of Compromise—A Review

This is perhaps one of the most accessible, clear, and gentle book you might read about the history of, and … More

Thus Far Has the LORD Helped Us: A Retrospective of a Decade

Think of a moment in time, a dot, a pivot. You put a stake in the ground, marking the place … More

Why It Matters: For you I was born, for you I live, and for you I give my last breath

I am involved in two streams right now that are greatly affecting me on how I see myself and what … More

Goodreads Review: The Color of Compromise, by Jemar Tisby

From The Color of Compromise: The Truth about the American Church’s Complicity in Racism My rating: 5 of 5 stars … More

I want to see a mighty flood of justice, an endless river of righteous living

The prophet Amos cried out (in 5:24) the desire of God for righteousness to be the ocean we swim in, … More

Unwanted Subject: When You Have No Space in America

This came across my newsfeed this morning, and it involves a somewhat-local yogurt shop calling the police on a black … More

#TheHateUGive – A Review

I saw The Hate U Give tonight, and I have thoughts… But first, let get some of the mechanicals out … More

Does White Privilege Exist?

Recently a sincere white American Christian male asserted that there is no such thing as white privilege, that white Christians … More

Converting the Unconvertable

You cannot change someone’s mind through the presentation of fact. That presentation of fact happens later, after they are willing … More

Sorry Folks — to Avoid a Choice Is to Make a Choice

Traditionally, orthodox Christianity means a religion centered around the Christ of the New Testament, where what Jesus said and taught … More

The Words of Good White Liberals

What are your thoughts, good people? http://kuow.org/post/understand-white-liberal-racism-read-these-private-emails This is really hard for me to read, because it is easier to … More

Jesus Was Crucified by the State

Jesus was crucified by the state, y’all. I see and hear my fellow white American Christians celebrating the fact that … More

Naked, Partisan Politics: A Primer

I wrote this as a quick response to several white men criticizing the 2017 Women’s March on Washington who were … More

The Non-Whiteness of Jesus

I got to thinking the other day about how we see Jesus and Jesus’ teachings expressed in the lives of … More

So, This Is How It Happened

In which I relate the many interlocking steps leading to my aligning myself with all I once thought was opposed … More

Am I Racist?

This is a hard question for white people to answer because it is painful to consider. Short answer: Yes. You … More

On Empathy

Some helpful techniques and guidance about how to listen when people tell you something about themselves. It’s called empathy: When … More

For Brian Crooks and His Supporters

I posted this on Facebook in Brian Crooks’s feed but I wanted to bring it forward. It is for Brian, … More

Choosing Among Kaepernick, Sherman, Wilson, Newton, Marshall, and Others

Recently Colin Kaepernick has made a visible attempt to express his own evaluation of his person and his place in … More

Respect–Given and Earned, Not Demanded and Taken

To say to a bank “I expect you to keep my money safe and not just throw it willy-nilly into … More

Being John Lewis. And Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. And Even Myself.

Today, August 19, 2016, I had the great pleasure and extreme privilege to meet the honorable Congressional Representative John Lewis, … More

Are White People Still Racist?

Recently an apparently sincere white guy in the PNW made the statement along the lines of “white people aren’t that … More

To Be Enough: Rest and Restoration

As allies of our brothers and sisters, we might not always be on the front lines. It is not a … More

A Jury of One’s Peers

You may (or may have not) seen video circulating recently showing the last moments of black American men shot by … More

Muhammad Ali 1942-2016

Ali was incomprehensible to me at the time. I was alive and aware when he changed his name and religion, … More

Memorial Day 2016

Memorial Day is the official start of summer. Typically there’s a family and friends get-together, a barbecue, a game on … More