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Election Day Communion
One more reason to love the Anabaptist tradition (and there are many): a group of Mennonite pastors are organizing a campaign for Christians from all political and denominational backgrounds to come...
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Slaying the political idol
So last week I wrote about this thing called Election Day Communion, the brainchild of two Mennonite pastors — one in Indiana, the other in Virginia. Next thing I know, I’m helping out in my spare...
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On the vanity of partisan politics
Today a friend shared this video on Facebook, in which a reporter from ReasonTV, a libertarian video channel, interviews delegates at the Democratic National Convention to find out just how pro-choice...
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Rejecting political idolatry (article in Faith & Leadership)
Here’s an article I wrote about Election Day Communion for Duke University’s online magazine Faith and Leadership… Every election year, we’re reminded that political idolatry — the temptation to put...
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Turning the other cheek (when it counts)
Being the recovering political junkie (and nerd) that I am, I started watching presidential debates when I was a kid. I’ve witnessed the cheap shots (Michael Dukakis being asked to imagine his wife’s...
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Rejecting Junia
Over the past several years, my faith journey has taken me away from nondenominational, non-institutional expressions of the church. Since then, I’ve found myself belonging to the mother of all...
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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the myth of “moral symmetry”
This is part 1 of a series on rethinking the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a Christian, inspired by the most recent assault on Gaza. Part 2 can be read here. Here’s a little perspective on the...
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Doing the right thing when it counts
Eight years ago, John Kerry ran for president against then-incumbent George W. Bush. The campaign was seen by many as a referendum on President Bush’s foreign policy, particularly the misguided war in...
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A Palestinian Christian’s view of the occupation
This is part 2 of a series on rethinking the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as a Christian, inspired by the most recent assault on Gaza. Part 1 can be read here. When I was a kid, I had a t-shirt with...
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Colorado burning (again)
This is an updated version of a post I wrote last year, as the Waldo Canyon fire burned in Colorado Springs. This week another fire raged, this time in Black Forest, on the northeast corner of the...
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