Yesterday's sermon at the church I recently started to attend was about lament and several verses from different psalms were read. One thing that the pastor said that struck me was something she had recently read about hope and lament -- our hope can only go as high as our lamentations go deep. She went …
Tag: human rights
A bit about DEI and the Bible
MAGA world collectively has been having a fit over DEI -- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. As I studied the Project 2025 Mandate for Leadership document, the sections I read were rife with anti-DEI language and plans to remove all vestiges of DEI from the federal government. Texas governor Greg Abbott, a MAGA fanboy who is …
Blessed are the merciful
"Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy," said Jesus of Nazareth in the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:7. Apparently, the Predator in Chief, our nation's first felonious president, did not get that memo. Nor did his followers, including a so-called pastor named Lorenzo Sewell, who claimed that the Right Reverend Bishop …
Book release Day!
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Project 2025 and the war machine
The Project 2025 "Mandate for Leadership" document is 900 plus pages of Christofascist ideology that the Heritage Foundation's leadership and partners hope will become public policy if Donald Trump inexplicably wins another term as POTUS. It is replete with fear mongering, blatant lies, weaponization of the Bible to harm immigrants, BIPOC communities, and LGBTQ+ peoples. …
I am the enemy within
When Donald Trump first started his campaign for president back in 2015, he immediately showed the world who he was by using incendiary rhetoric which included racist dog whistles and horrific xenophobic bigotry that scapegoated immigrants. At the time, I was working on my thesis, which later became my first book, and I wrote in …
For just such a time as this
On Sunday this week my friend and former seminary colleague Liz Fulmer preached a sermon about Esther, Haman, and Mordecai from the book of Esther in the Hebrew Bible. At a key point in both the story in Esther and in the pastor's sermon, there came the phrase, "for just such a time as this." …
Hooked on a feeling
The Democratic National Convention to nominate Kamala Harris and Tim Walz ended last night. It was four days of raucous crowds, feel-good vibes, and high energy that was filled with memorable speeches, and many moving moments. The display of American diversity was beautiful to see in the sea of faces that made up the crowd …
Let’s talk about the N.A.R.
Last week I was able to attend an online webinar hosted by Political Research Associates (PRA) that was related to the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) movement and Christian reconstructionism. The panel was led by leading scholars of right-wing, authoritarian Christian movements in the U.S. and added to the information I have previously learned as I …
Dear Elon Musk
You've been in the news again lately, so much so that it's somewhat difficult to keep up with all you're saying and doing. Recently though you made some interesting statements about Christianity, and as I am a theologian who engages in theological critiques of modern American politics and those in power, I feel like it's …
The Tattooed Theologian 