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A Message to the Margins: An Election Lamentation and Call to Action

The United States of America has elected Donald Trump its next president. It’s sinking in as I type that. We (the royal “we”) elected Donald Trump, a beloved child of […]

A Prayer for My Sons

A Prayer for My Sons: God, protect them. Protect them from ignorance of their privilege and the advantages they will have as white men. Protect them from entitlement. Protect them […]

#Baltimore: Reflections from a White, Feminist, Queer Freedom Fighter

I didn’t give it a second thought. Of course I would join my co-pastors and other folks from the Slate Project* in marching for justice for Freddie Gray. It was […]

On SCOTUS, PPACA, and Other Acronyms

I was wearing a hospital gown and trying to ignore the stirrups I would soon be placing my feet into when I found out about the Supreme Court’s health care […]

For our Enemies: Between Self-righteousness & an Abiding Hope

This morning, when I saw “BIN LADEN IS DEAD” plastered across the New York Times web page, I found myself surprised.  Not that he’d been assassinated, but that the event […]