In this time of Advent, we can show the world a glimpse of heaven - a glimpse of true peace and justice.

Even as the love of country and love of God inform each other, they must remain distinct.

"This book documents outrage after outrage, and you will be troubled."

Our desire to have our views represented has lost its glory in the most fundamental of places: the voting booth. 

I am not opposed to celebrating the fact that there are more women in Congress than ever before. But I am asking that if we do call this progress, it should be with great agitation.

The faith landscape of America is changing, and we must be careful to avoid the fight or flight response to engaging people of other faith traditions.

We should continue to speak out against injustice, propose legislation, write editorials, and so on, but we aren’t allowed merely to do those things, because we all are in the same boat morally and spiritually. 

When we find unity in our diversity, when we take seriously the command to do justice, and when we love our neighbor because we recognize the image of God in them, we are being the Church.

The Bible began in a garden and ended in a city—our institutions matter. 

Every Instagram photo or Facebook update in the world could not silence the Spirit’s gentle yet urgent call to lend our hands to the work of justice.

In most African cultures, individuals with STDs are often discriminated against and sometimes humiliated, both verbally and physically. 

Situations like these are where our witness rises or falls. 

Connection is what makes life worth living, and once discovered after not being known it has a sweet, potent and redemptive power.

The truth is comedians like John Oliver, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert have long been pointing us in the direction of better engagement with issues of news and culture.

"Pushing beyond stereotypes of a person, a neighborhood, a people group, or a culture, allows us to have a more full view of that person, neighborhood, people group, or culture."

How do we begin to navigate these competing visions of justice? 

Although domestic violence is frequently thought of as a private issue, only impacting intimate partners, it is a crime resulting in a constellation of issues that harm entire communities. We all have parts to play in healing this epidemic.

We should not accept a reality where a handful of partisans will determine the terms of peace for everyone, but we do so by opting out of the political questions of our day.

The burst of young evangelical voices into the death penalty debate is now changing hearts and minds.