Just over five years ago, an enraged mob desecrated the U.S. Capitol. At present, the interests who manipulated the mob on January 6, 2021 have control over the U.S. federal government. Despite government promises of peace and prosperity, it has brought escalating violence in this
Heeding the call for healing The 2026 observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day marks the 41st observance of the holiday. Its theme — “Mission Possible 2: Building Community, Uniting a Nation the Nonviolent Way” — already felt challenging in a politically polarized era. With
In with the new, but out with the old? It’s just a New Years’ saying that affirms that what’s coming up is, we hope, better. But the sentiment in much of our culture sees “old” as even dreaded enough to say more broadly, “out with
The signs are all there. Liberal church bodies are fighting back. Every so often in the past they did so, but now the open, unholy marriage of extreme right-wing bigotry, its political proponents, and right-wing religionists seems to have put denominations and religious leaders on
Straightness is a construct that seems here to stay It’s apparently been wishful thinking that I thought our culture was moving beyond the straight role that was necessary to keep patriarchy going in the U.S. When I wrote Scared Straight: Why It’s So Hard to
Since right-wing religionists and politicians discovered the use of “culture wars” to scare people into voting for them and their pet causes back in the Moral Majority era, we can understand why the leaders of these so-called “wars” have pushed this idea on the country
Winter is coming God, forgive them, for they know not what they do. These are words uttered in agony, a plea for grace amidst the most profound betrayal. I have started asking the question of “who” Jesus was talking to a lot these days. Was
We have few good role models to show us how to clean up the messes everyone inevitably makes in life, love, and leadership. Our president, in well-conditioned masculine fashion, won’t even entertain the idea that he’s made any. Our public relations industry and social media
For as long as I’ve followed the news and its weekly examples of the latest clergy or politician who has professed what are often called “family values” — which everyone knows is code for anti-LGBTQ+ equality — it has become routine, even expected, to find
What does the reversal of Roe mean for Obergefell? Overturning marriage equality is now a present threat. Many of the issues both people of color and LGBTQ+ Americans confronted in President Trump’s first term — health care, unemployment, housing, immigration, voting rights, among others —