It is Easter weekend in America. The churches are full. The story is told again, as it has been told for two thousand years, of a crowd given a choice. Pilate asked them. He stood before the assembled people and offered them what custom demanded: one man freed, one man condemned. He presented two: a […]
Tag: Immigration
Last night, people gathered in Brockport, New York. A small college town. Hundreds of miles from Minnesota. Candles in gloved hands. Silence broken only by breath and resolve. That distance is important. It’s the detail the mockers trip over. “What does Brockport have to do with Minnesota?” “What a waste of time.” “Do you really […]
A short sermon on a Gospel of selective holiness There is a peculiar modern theological belief that insists Jesus Christ would absolutely approve of tearing children from their parents, warehousing human beings in concrete pens, and cracking a few ribs along the way, all in His holy name. But a buttercream rose on a cake […]
It is too common a scenario. They come at night, because daylight invites witnesses. The officers move through the neighborhood with practiced ease. Potential areas to investigate have been noted in advance. The orders are clear, the papers are already signed. This is not a search. It is a hunt. The illegal runs when he […]
There are two horrible stories this week. Two stories separated by a thousand miles but driven by the same engine: a government drunk on its own authority and a political movement cheering it on like spectators at a public stoning. The first story comes from Dilley, Texas. Under President Trump, ICE’s family detention regime has […]
The most terrifying authoritarian actions never arrive wearing jackboots and shouting decrees. They arrive in legal briefs, phrased in the language of “security,” “integrity,” and “national interest.” And now Donald Trump is preparing one of the most dangerous authoritarian projects in modern American history: the power to strip millions of naturalized Americans of their citizenship […]
Not just now, but in recent years, the streets of America were filled with protest signs, raised fists, and chants for justice. Black Lives Matter wasn’t just a slogan; it was a desperate cry for recognition, for basic human dignity. It was a plea to be seen, to be heard, to be treated as equal […]
An Independence Day Letter to a Country I No Longer Recognize How proud are you to be an American today? This Fourth of July, millions of Americans will eat their hot dogs, watch their fireworks, and wave their little flags like nothing is wrong. They’ll call it Independence Day. But what are we celebrating, exactly? […]
They have a baby on our land, the baby becomes a citizen… It’s ridiculous. Donald Trump, Axios on HBO, October 2018 It sounds reasonable, maybe even responsible. At first glance, it’s a call to order, just a little policy tweak, they say, to ensure the integrity of the nation. A system where being born here […]