Critical Essay
Whose Father in heaven?
In Matthew, the Lord’s Prayer is a prayer for enemies.
Christian nationalism vandalizes the imagination
When churches whitewashed their walls, they left themselves vulnerable.
The book of Exodus includes a story about reparations for slavery
White Americans aren’t the Israelites; we’re the Egyptians. Maybe we should follow their lead.
The creative resistance of Native American Christian art
The Christian Thunderbird is once more taking flight.
Christian nationalism is thriving in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
Understanding the political situation in the US’s mirror-image nation
Created out of nothing means created out of love
To say creation is ex nihilo is to say that divine love is the only power at work in the creation of everything.
The religious fundamentalism that fuels the US-Iran oil standoff
What did the Moral Majority and the Islamic Revolution have in common?
Have Steve Jobs and his gadgets made us less human?
It’s possible he created more problems than he solved.
The New Testament’s most dangerous book for Jews
Reading and preaching Hebrews without supersessionism
Climate change is a symptom of deeper planetary dysfunction
Five ideas for treating the greater disease
Climate change is here
How will we adapt?
Mike Duncan’s Revolutions podcast shows how history repeats itself
His ongoing exploration of political instability feels excruciatingly relevant.
When localism becomes nationalism
At the farmers market, I found something I didn’t expect—White supremacists.
Encountering Alice Neel’s paintings of mothers while pregnant
Her complex portraits reveal an alchemy of desire, pain, power, and weakness.
How the midwives Shiphrah and Puah mock the violence of empire
They use Pharaoh’s tools to dismantle oppression.
“Dad, why does Deuteronomy 20 talk about killing the boys and girls?”
My daughter wants to know. Even as a biblical scholar, I don’t have a good answer.