We have confessed the harm we have done and continue to do to our siblings and have covenanted to faithfully keep our baptismal vow to follow Jesus Christ in resisting “evil, injustice, and oppression in whatever forms they present themselves.”

We are in trouble, America. It’s time for the prophets to rise once again, being clear about God’s vision for a more just and generous world for all.

This month I had the privilege of speaking at a regional conference of the United Church of Canada. Set on the shores of the beautiful Port Eglin just outside of …

One of the readers of this blog pointed out to me recently that I had a few typos in one of my posts. I had checked and double-checked before I posted it.

I hate screwing up. In fact, I go to great and exhausting lengths to make sure that I don’t. If I do, I don’t want you to know about it. I wonder if that is true for you too?!? The problem is that if we put work out in the world today, more people than ever before can see it, engage it…and judge it. It’s terrifying. But it comes with the territory. It’s leadership. 

As Brian and his co-author, Gareth Higgins, point out, we have told ourselves six stories as a nation all grounded in a myth of redemptive violence.