Last week, I told a Christian friend that I think Infinite Jest is not only the best book I’ve ever read, but also presents a view that is pretty Jesus-y. His r...
My brother and I watched a lot of cartoons as children, and that hasn't changed as we've grown up. Over winter break last year, my brother and I found the secon...
“Let justice roll down like waters,
And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream”
– Amos 5:24, RSV
Back in high school, I eagerly awaited the release ...
On Monday I served as guest lecturer in AAAS10, Introduction to African American Studies. Professors Henry Louis Gates and Larry Bobo invited me to discuss ...
The body of Christ has played an unfortunate role in stigmatizing interracial marriage in the United States. Interracial unions were common in the early days of...
On Friday morning, I found myself in the midst of the finale of Harvard Heat Week, a week-long protest led by Divest Harvard with the goal of pressuring the pow...
Imagine, you walk into a room where everyone looks, sounds, and acts differently than you.
You feel the eyes of everyone staring at you. You can only imagine...
I love to watch sunrises and sunsets – I think that they may be the most majestic commonplace events to grace the earth. A sunrise or sunset is nothing out of t...
Several weeks ago I reflected on Bishop William Willimon’s post “The Culture is Overrated”:
So you cannot know Christianity by having it translated into some o...
Some Christians refuse to listen to certain forms of worldly music, especially what is considered vulgar, obscene, or sexist; other Christians do listen to worl...