Never too old to be too young
I grew up in a small country Southern Baptist Church in rural California. When my family moved there our family of six doubled the size of the church. But, the church did grow over the …
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Dear Dad | A letter of concern
Dear Dad, You went to be with Jesus 10 years ago. In honor of a decade of the best 10 years of your existence, I wanted to give you an update on how things have …
A small Southern town and her fight for racial justice (An Interview)
This piece originally appeared on the Website for Wayhouse Media on August 21, 2020. Matt Allbritton, the owner of Wayhouse, has joined the contributing authors at Faith on View. Essays previously published by Wayhouse Media …
An open letter to the Christian pro-life movement
Dear Christian Pro-Life Movement: Over the past decade, the Lord has been developing a Christ-centered, pro-life, theology in my heart. It’s been a process of sanctification where the Lord has shown me areas in my …
Why I stopped saying ‘All Lives Matter’
When the Black Lives Matter movement began back in 2013, I didn’t get it. At the time, the murder of Trayvon Martin and the acquittal of his killer seemed to be a terrible one-off case …
Being a Black Christian today
This piece originally appeared on the Website for Wayhouse Media on June 4, 2020 under the title “Being a Black Christian in 2020.” Matt Allbritton, the owner of Wayhouse, has joined the contributing authors at …
The death of George Floyd: A Christian response
This piece originally appeared on the Website for Wayhouse Media on June 1, 2020. Matt Allbritton, the owner of Wayhouse, has joined the contributing authors at Faith on View. Essays previously published by Wayhouse Media …
What grieves me about the January 6th insurrection
As horrifying as the January 6th insurrection was for our democracy, that was not what made me grieve. As purposefully dishonest as the lies were from QAnon, former President Trump, cable news hosts, and the …
Not all idols are made of stone: Evangelical idolatry and the midterms
It was the philosopher William James who observed in his The Varieties of Religious Experience, “there can be no doubt that as a matter of fact a religious life, exclusively pursued, does tend to …
I’m sorry Judge Jackson: Defending political fundamentalism over Black lives
The nomination and expected confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as the first Black woman to serve on the Supreme Court has put on display the ever-widening political and cultural divide in the United States. …