Leave Your Cocoon

Home sweet home.  Have you ever uttered that phrase at some point in your life? You walk through the door after a long vacation or road trip—exhausted, relieved, thankful to have finally arrived—and you say, “Home sweet home.” You’ve been away at college, and after a...

A Politics of Compassion: Delight

If you’re anything like me, you want so badly to believe that you’re standing on the right side of an issue, and on the right side of history, and on the right side of God—and most of the time you’re pretty sure you are—that you can quickly turn penultimate things...

A Politics of Compassion: Kenosis

In my forthcoming book, I explore how, as people of faith, we are called to practice a politics of compassion in our broken world.  What core commitments might inform how Christians respond to the most contentious issues of our day, such as health care, climate...
The Politics of Compassion: Kinship

The Politics of Compassion: Kinship

With 91 days until the November 2020 Presidential Election, U.S. Americans are about to enter one of the most contentious political seasons in recent memory.  How do we transcend the politics of contempt that dominates our country and turns friends into...