Earlier this week I had a conversation with Bishop Will Willimon about engaging the outsider and the stranger and genuinely loving them as Christ loves us. Bishop Willimon's new… read more

As the Movement for Black Lives erupted from Ferguson, Missouri, and swept across the world, it expressed a sentiment that is consistent with our United Methodist theology and… read more

Last May, I began laying out the process we could take to create a new theology of White allyship. Can we learn to construct this theology that takes communal, soteriological… read more

Samuel L. Jackson, the world-famous actor, told a very poignant story in the latest issue of Vanity Fair. It ended with him facedown in the middle of Santa Monica Boulevard in Los … read more

Earlier this year, I spoke to 150 mostly middle school youth at a winter retreat focusing on the Lord’s Prayer. The assembled youth were mostly white, mostly middle class… read more

(RNS) My fingers seemed glued to the computer as I attempted to write about the University of Missouri. My writer’s block reflected feelings too deep to explore with a few… read more