Category: Christian Nationalism
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Ash Wednesday 2026: Ashes and Apocalypse
Lenten Series: #1 A Spiritual Foundation for Resistance to Empire Ash Wednesday 2026: Ashes and Apocalypse Today I welcome this first day of Lent, Ash Wednesday, with its dual focus on repentance and mortality, symbolized by the imposition of ashes. The suggested church readings for Ash Wednesday are varied, but the words from Joel 2…
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Awakening to New Ways of Seeing the World (Part 1)
Now that the revised edition of Love in a Time of Climate Change, has been released by Fortress Press, I am posting excerpts. Today’s excerpt is the first of two parts about awakening to new ways of seeing the world, sometimes painful, sometimes exhilarating. There are times in life when we are offered new ways…
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Light in the Darkness
“The light shines in the darkness and the darkness has not overcome it. John 1:5 In this Christmas season, with all its joys and sorrows, we celebrate the light of Christ that has come into the world. One very bright light in my life is the birth of my great-grandaughter—a baby who is welcomed with…
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Easter: Living a Resurrected Life
Easter this year is filled with paradox. How can we understand and celebrate the Resurrection of Jesus when ignorant, cruel, and ideologically driven men in high places dominate public policy and endanger the world? In the midst of the “shock therapy” being administered by the second administration of Donald Trump, who continues to be supported…
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Palm Passion Sunday: An Alternative to Empire
Today I am kicking off a blog series on Holy Week and Easter based on my book, The Cross in the Midst of Creation. My purpose is to tell the story of the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus and beyond in a way that is relevant today. People are being traumatized as…