How We Can Use the Current Crisis in Politics and Christianity to Reclaim Jesus
I believe two things are now at stake: the soul of the nation and the integrity of faith.
Politically Homeless: How Republicans — and Democrats — are Leaving Many Christians Behind
The Republican Party’s political sellout to Donald Trump — and the Democrats' lack of a clear moral alternative many people of faith are excited to support — leave many of us feeling politically homeless.
Matthew 25 in the Age of Trump
Matthew 25 is rising up in the face of a new political regime that is making many people feel so afraid.
A Gospel Bigger Than Race
My church, like so many white churches, talked about Jesus all the time, but its isolated social and racial geography kept it from really knowing him.
10 Years After 9/11: The Good and the Bad
On the morning of September 11, 2001, I was at home in Washington, D.C. getting ready to go to Sojourners' office. I was upstairs listening to the news on NPR when I heard the first confusing report of ...
The War Must Not Go On!
Last evening, President Obama made his long-awaited announcement on beginning withdrawal of the 103, 000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan. The president announced that 10, 000 of these troops will be withdrawn by...
Pentecost: The Coming of the Wild Goose
Today is Pentecost. For 50 days, a group of 120 followers of Jesus waited. Their teacher, for whom they had left all they had, was now gone. Judas, one of their own, betrayed their master and then killed...