My interest in social change dates to a seminary lecture by homiletics professor David Buttrick at Vanderbilt Divinity School in 1998. I have always been a big picture thinker, and Prof. Buttrick literally drew a map that has shaped how I see that “big picture” ever since. The class was Theology of Proclamation and Worship,…
Category: Politics
A Lost Cause?
This week we witnessed the actions of desperate people: a narcissistic president who cannot accept the reality that he lost election to a second term, and the violent mob he incited to storm our nation’s capitol in an attempt to disrupt the democratic process. These actions are the culmination of a dangerous ideology privileging white…
Public Disservice
What do we usually call someone who lies, brags, belittles others, name calls, and, when they do not get their way, accuses others of cheating? Most of the time we would call them a spoiled brat. In the US, we call him Mr. President. Donald Trump entered office by showing us what a poor winner…
Fearful Times
Fear seems to fill the air these days. But that fear is seldom centered on the effects of climate change that have already begun ravaging our planet. Rather it is focused on the fact that our world and familiar institutions are now being shaped by people who are different than we are. When the World…