Why We Gathered to Pray

This post originated as a response to concerns about the appropriateness of holding an evening service of prayer the day after Election Day. On the evening of 5 November through the morning of 6 November, I received a number of messages from members of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church expressing fear and uncertainty about the safety … Continue reading Why We Gathered to Pray

My Work Here Is Not Finished

Content Warning: September 11, injury, death

I Don’t Need God’s Help

O Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come before you.

An Eye for an Eye

An end to the riots must focus on the black lives lost to police brutality. It must focus on the police brutality deployed against protesters. When that is accomplished, the rest can be addressed.

The Language of the Unheard

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.