“Who are my mother and brothers?” is a jumping-off point for a discussion of parthenogenesis, Augustine’s sexual hangups, misogyny in Christian theology, and sexual violence in churches today.

Matthew ch. 11 seems obviously patriarchal, but as usual, when we push the gender binary, it begins to leak. What are the implications for contemporary political and theological conversations?

Advent is not about waiting, but about preparing the way. Pope Francis’s recent comments on women’s ordination are a betrayal of the Synod process he convened, and demonstrate that the Catholic hierarchy remains saturated in a culture of sexual abuse.

A poem I wrote in response to a pilgrimage to the Oxmoor plantation in September. Written in memory of my dear friend and mentor, the late Fred Smock.

In the Good Samaritan parable Jesus amplifies the Jewish prophetic tradition, stressing that ethical responsibility trumps ritual purity. It’s a shame Christians haven’t been paying attention.

The recent statement from the CDF that the Vatican cannot perform same-sex blessings because God does not “bless sin” is not only based on a misappropriation of Natural Law, but also stands in tension with a central claim in Lumen Gentium.

What do we do with the possibility that Jesus was a prophet of an apocalypse that never came?

I do not think Jonathan Daniels was a hero because of the suffering he endured or the sacrifice he made. Instead, I look to him because as a white man in America I need models like that to teach me that in the midst of overwhelming brutality, it is possible not to sink into cynicism, because we are not in the end absolutely alone.

Let’s get real about what the biblical texts say instead of running from it—and then we can figure out how to move forward.

A poem after Emilie Townes based on a true story of an experience shared with her, Laurel Schneider, Aunt Helen, and Winnie.

Time to reckon with what the 2016 election means for white liberal Christians.

Scapegoat theology kills. Why not point the finger at ourselves?