Advent is an invitation to hope. We learn quickly from Jesus that hope is not something light and fluffy. Hope takes grit. Hope means taking risks. Hope means leaning into conflict, and living with the complexity, not settling for easy answers.
Tag Archives: Immigration
Love Enough to Cast Out Hate
I am grateful to serve in a congregation that is willing to be loud, to make a Holy Commotion, to shine a light. Love enough to cast out hate.
On Citizenship
When we have seen citizenship not as a resource to be defended, but as a project to be shared, we have been closer to the dream Jesus has for our world.
The border: Why you should stay angry
Stay angry. Even though the president has made a moderating change to keep families together as they are deported, stay angry. The system is still racist, inhumane, and broken.
Mike Angell 