Notes on (Christian) camp

Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.

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June 8, Pentecost C John 14:8-17, (25-27)

John’s Gospel is permeated with an encouragement, indeed an insistence, on intimacy.

Notes on (Christian) camp

Move over, pink flamingos. For me, the cross of Christ is as campy as it gets.

Knowledge is not enough

Patience, kindness, and love are far more valuable to the formation of our faith communities.

Politics

An accomplished soldier, fired for no reason

Sergeant First Class Kate Cole isn’t an activist. She isn’t a radical. She’s a trans woman, a rock climber, and my friend—and after 17 years of military service, Trump kicked her out.

An uneasy calm at the border

Is an invasion still an invasion if there are no invaders?

A call to solidarity at Duke

At graduation, we faculty members looked at one another across the aisle, wondering which of us would be, in the university president’s words, “pruned and thinned.”

Still seeking justice for George Floyd

Five years after an infamous murder, George Floyd Square in Minneapolis remains a site of protest, lament, and mutual aid.