What I Learned About God by Praying for Osama bin Laden
Like every other college student and most Americans, I didn’t know the name Osama bin Laden. I also didn’t know God.
The Amnesia of ‘Never Forget’
Abroad, “never forget” hides a slow forgetting of the universal morality to which we once aspired as a country.
The Violence of a Religious Minority’s Majority
Where is the enlightenment in using force to preserve the way of life for a minority that will not espouse these self-evident truths? Where is the justice in allowing this claim of violent righteousness to go unanswered now?
Severing the Ties Between Amazon, Christianity, and the Failed White Nationalist Coup
Unless the church in America is to be consigned to the ash heap of social history, we must identify actions that are hateful and unchristian, cast them out, and redouble our work for justice and repair. Seeking accountability for GiveSendGo by calling on Amazon to drop the site from its cloud servers is a good place to start.
Capitol Storm: What Should Come as No Surprise
Let us tell our children the truth about what happened this week at the Capitol: white supremacists and domestic terrorists, deceived and deluded and power hungry, attempted to violently overthrow the government. They faced very little opposition.
A Native Perspective on War, Terrorism, and the MOAB Bomb
Once those lines are crossed, and we dehumanize our enemy, it is a short and slippery slope to becoming the very thing we claim to be fighting against.
Muslims, Christians, Jews, and Peace (Part 1)
OCT 8, 2013 | BY: BRIAN MCLAREN -- The Al-Shabaab terrorists who slaughtered over 60 fellow human beings in Nairobi’s Westgate Mall...
Ramadan, A Shared Table & Following Jesus
JULY 29, 2013 | BY: JON HUCKINS -- Muslim communities around the United States are often subject to hatred, discrimination and scapegoating...
Jahar Could Be Your Kid
JULY 20, 2013 | BY: SHANE RAYNOR -- I turned on a couple of the cable news channels last night and the outrage du jour was over Rolling...
A Christian Response to Terrorism
When Jesus was crucified—a horrific terrorist attack—He trusted God, and so should we.