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Plundered is Available Tomorrow!
October 7, 2024
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For the Activist
September 28, 2024
A vision of transformation big enough to include our own lives
Dispatch from a Lonely Beach in Michigan
September 21, 2024
The expected loneliness and surprising companionship on a dark and quiet beach
Another Cultivating Belonging Story
September 14, 2024
Get your tickets to the Plundered book launch today!
Experiences of Cultivating Belonging
September 7, 2024
Stories of learning to love and be loved by our places
Cultivating Belonging
August 31, 2024
A rootless people learning to befriend our places
Telling the Truth and Loving Our Neighbors
August 17, 2024
Contending for truth among complicated, broken, and beloved people
The Meanings of Truth
August 10, 2024
Bearing (strategic) witness to the truth
Drowning in Deceit
August 3, 2024
Persistent, purposeful deception is effective but Christians won't give up on the truth.
Hope in Troubling Times
June 18, 2024
A sermon about becoming people of hope on the Sunday before Juneteenth
The Religion of Whiteness
June 1, 2024
Today I’m sharing an interview with Dr. Glenn Bracey, co-author with Michael Emerson of the important new book, The Religion of Whiteness. I’ve benefited...
A Leviathan, Whiteness as Religion, and Brown Faces in White Places
May 25, 2024
Three timely books to help us understand systemic racism, Christian nationalism, and whiteness as a religion
Juneteenth and Worship
May 18, 2024
Why and how to include Juneteenth themes in corporate worship
Public and Humble Presence
May 4, 2024
Observations from a pro-Palestine encampment
Glory and Good
April 27, 2024
On living as Christ's free people in complicated times
Attention, Grief, and Love
April 20, 2024
On not looking away.
Living in the Aftermath of Theft
April 6, 2024
Learning to interpret a world organized by plunder.
Loving Opposition
March 23, 2024
Henri Nouwen, MLK's principles of nonviolence, and community-building confrontation.
Questioning the Brown v. Board Model of Reconciliation
March 2, 2024
When proximity to whiteness isn't the goal.
The Poet-Preacher
February 10, 2024
The latest issue of Comment includes an article by Walter Brueggemann adapted from his book about preaching, Finally Comes the Poet, first published in 1989....
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