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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Overworked, Overwhelmed, and Underpaid
It is overwhelming to be a human right now, and especially, a policy advocate with moral...
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“I am thirsty”
Last March, when a child who was stuck under the rubble of a collapsed building in Gaza saw...
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Springing Forward
Spring is in bloom in my neighborhood. Trees are budding. Flowers are starting to blossom. The...
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It’s Time to Get into Good Trouble
On Tuesday, April 3, history was made by U.S. Senator Cory Booker who spoke on the Senate...
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Reflections on a Christian Understanding of State and Government
The testimony of both the Hebrew and Christian scriptures as well as theological reflections...
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“What is Wrong with You People?”
I am writing this article from New York City as I engage with CSW, the United Nations...
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Powers and Principalities
As a movement organizer and activist, I appreciate the clarity that emerges when communities...
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Heart-Centered Leadership
“Fear is such a powerful emotion for humans that when we allow it to take us over, it drives...
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