Gambling Problems
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The Confessions of a Recovering Cynic
I am a recovering cynic. Perhaps I will always be one, but I am making progress—one day at a...
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Porch Talks: Sacred Space for Community Thriving
I grew up in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago. During walks in the neighborhood, I...
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A Faithful Assignment
Has it happened to you yet? Maybe it happened this morning. That feeling of overwhelm with a...
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The Hope of a Safe Harbor Rooted in Justice
When I began telling friends in 2024 that I accepted an offer to become the new leader for the...
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Naming Distraction
In recent weeks, I have noted the increasing tendency of political pundits and media...
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A Vocabulary Test
Many in the United States are learning a new vocabulary—one familiar to communities that...
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A Love Letter to the Church: Releasing Martyrdom
Dear Church, We need no more martyrs; we need each other. The root of what we know...
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Moral Injury
For some time now, I’ve been reckoning with an injury. I know I’m not alone. I share...
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Holy Listening, Hard Conversations
The most challenging conversations I’ve ever had about faith and justice haven’t been with...
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Once You Knew: Climate Grief and the Courage to Act
Last February, I traveled to Houston to join faith leaders in protest outside CERAWeek, the...
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Loosening the Grip of Stigma
As a person who engages in a ministry of healing, I am troubled by how the firm grip of...
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Witness for Justice
When I had the honor of serving as pastor at First Congregational UCC in Red Oak, Iowa, we...
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The Eye of the Beholder
On May 22, 2025, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R.1 - One Big Beautiful...
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For Everyone Born
Two weekends ago, over three million people joined in World Pride events across the city of...
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Soft Power
“Is a foreign aid program really necessary? Why should we not lay down this burden…? The...
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Medicaid Is About Belonging to God’s Beloved Community
Katie Beckett was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and at the age of five months old, she...
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One Body … One Drum
A month ago, the US government announced they would enable Oak Flat to be transferred to...
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Faith-in-Flesh
Evil is well worth our anger, our outrage, our fury, our deep indignation. Violence too is a...
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The Climate Threat of Progressive Skepticism
There was a time when I thought of skepticism as a kind of intellectual virtue. It indicated...
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