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Let’s Be Clear. Charlottesville. That’s Not My Jesus

August 13, 2017 2 Comments

That’s not my Jesus. In 1998, an Aryan Nation security guard, outside the compound founded by Richard Butler, their white supremecy leader, shot at a woman, drove her off the road, and assaulted both her and her son, justified by a tainted mix of nazi-ism and religion. That’s not my Jesus. During college, I self-studied the […]

The Little Girl at Starbucks. And How God Can Expand Your World in 2016.

It’s six days after Christmas. We’d been shopping. All three of my girls surrounding me in the car. “Want me to go get you coffee?” I probe my oldest, knowing it’s a long drive from Seattle to our hometown….a drive we’ll likely face in a sea of traffic. “Sure.” My nineteen-year-old googles Starbucks to find, we […]