A Prayer for Donald Trump and all of us

God of compassion, comfort and wholeness, We come grieving the violence that sickens our souls  and traumatizes our land.   We lift up former President Trump, a victim of gun violence,   We ask for his physical and spiritual healing.  God of resurrection, renewal and reconciliation,  bring healing to all who are wounded, traumatized and grieving. May […]

Don’t ask a nation to “shine your light”: the misguided idolatry of Christian Nationalism

I was 11 years old and my church league basketball team was playing Immanuel Baptist. Immanuel had this tall kid, Big 33, who I was supposed to guard. We couldn’t stop him. Between the quarters, our coach, let’s call him Coach Rupp, pulled me to the side and laid out a detailed plan that involved […]