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White Nationalism and the Limits of Free Speech
White nationalism wants you to treat it like an honest ideology. It wants you to debate it, honor it, privilege it. But it isn’t yet another source of water flowing into the well, it’s poison. A couple...
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Unexceptional Racism
Our silence on racism begins with a paradox we feel compelled to ignore. Because examining it would threaten our true belief: we are exceptional. Photo by Milena Santos from Pexels At the root of...
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Don’t Just Fact-Check Those Racist Tweets
The bigger argument doesn’t rely on facts. Photo by Vickson Santos from Pexels Fact-checking racist tweets is only so useful. But it is really, really enticing. When the president suggested four U.S....
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In the Eyes
By the time we get to Luke 12:13-21, Jesus has radically rejected our will to racism and hate, revealing the true way of life is equality and love. Standing for dignity means also standing against...
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When Freedom Knocks
Jesus gives us a response to the questions of our time. In the face of fear and confusion, he offers something clear: a world to transform. And you’re too afraid to answerProper 14C | Luke 12:32-40...
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Confused by Racism
For many, talking about racism and white supremacy is hard. Of course, that’s by design. The white power movement intends to confuse you. Photo by Matheus Bertelli from Pexels The terms always guide...
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Debunking the Myth of the Lone Wolf
For decades the white power movement has tricked the U.S. into letting them organize without holding them responsible for their actions. One guy stockpiles a bunch of weapons. He makes a plan. Then he...
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Turning the OK Sign Fascist
We usually believe symbols inject meaning into the conversation. For the white power movement, empty symbols are more powerful. Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels We visited the National Archives when...
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Set Free
The gospel challenges us to show up when it’s hard, not pretend false neutrality absolves us of any responsibility for the world around us. Tearing down the Temple to be agents of loveProper 28CLuke...
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The Cost of Silence
The root of discipleship is in sacrifice–a concept which, much like acknowledging white supremacy and racism, is a truth we’d rather avoid. Discipleship and the need to dismantle racismProper 6A |...
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Listening within the chaos
What does it really mean that Jesus comes with a sword to bring division? We first need to realize we’re looking at our own world wrong. Jesus and the sword of divisionProper 7A | Matthew 10:24-39...
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The Presence of Good
The gospel is always social. It is the tangible intersection of faith and action: of belief and the active living into a life of wholeness and hope. Walter Rauschenbusch, Washington Gladden, and Jacob...
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Why I stopped hating on 2020
Getting the challenge of 2020 right is essential to understanding what is at stake next year. And the year after. Photo by Luis Quintero from Pexels It’s a classic pattern. Things suck big time. We...
View ArticleWith Stones: God’s Replacement Theory
Preachers: Here’s a challenging take for Sunday’s text. Advent 3C: Luke 3:7-18 “Do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our ancestor’; for I tell you, God is able from these stones to...
View ArticleRacism
Episode 13 of the Make Saints podcast: “Racism” There is probably nothing more ubiquitous than racism. We all know about it. We all have experience with it. As a concept, racism is pretty easy to...
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Turning the OK Sign Fascist
We usually believe symbols inject meaning into the conversation. For the white power movement, empty symbols are more powerful. Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels We visited the National Archives when...
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Open season for racists after Musk’s takeover
Photo by Jon Tyson on Unsplash Elon Musk thinks he’s striking a victory for free speech. But responsibility is what people are fighting over. An Analogy: There’s a favorite phrase: Guns don’t kill...
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Racism
Photo by Kenny Eliason on Unsplash Racism is evil. Without question. Or apprehension. Episode 47 of the Make Saints podcast: “Racism” the episode script A story broke last week about severe acts of...
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It’s still about race — MLK Day isn’t the end
Photo by Rafaele Nicolussi on Unsplash The holiday doesn’t mark an end to racism. It reminds us of its consistency. It is far too easy to speak of racism in such terms. That, because there is a Martin...
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