Huh... you ever notice how almost every single person on a grocery store birthday card is white?

As New Haven't West Rock memorial proclaims, "Opposition to tyrants is obedience to God." #NoKings but Jesus!

If having a beard means you're not really a true warrior, does this mean we can tear down all the bearded Confederate statues now?

My latest, on Comey and Hegseth: "Our federal government is increasing its emphasis on loyalty to Dear Leader. In the face of this textbook fascism, we Christians need to remember the Gospel: You cannot serve two masters." nathanempsall.substack.com/p/which-mast...

All political violence is wrong. Abusing one tragedy and ignoring others to pretend the problem only comes from one side, as Vance and Trump insist, only heightens the danger — not just to peace but also to freedom.

Full piece: open.substack.com/pub/nathanem...

My latest: "We are a violent nation, awash in guns and the subconscious ideology that human life has little to no value... I don’t give a fig leaf which political wing Robinson was on, if any. Once radicalized by our culture to normalize death, this particular young man was bound to kill."

"I have been appalled by Charlie Kirk's work and actions for many years, and by the devastating harm he caused spreading hatred in Jesus’s twisted name... I am even more appalled by his murder... Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself." nathanempsall.substack.com/p/jesus-weep...

Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe, writing in Religion News Service that "our resistance to the rising tide of authoritarianism and Christian nationalism emanating from Washington, D.C." is an act of both faith and patriotism for the Episcopal Church

This weekend, churches across the country will read Psalm 67. Verse 4 says in part, "You judge the peoples with equity."

And not for nothing, but Sunday’s New Testament reading will also be about a woman's leadership role in the early church.

TLDR: DEI is a Christian value!

Thoughts on the St. Isidore decision: nathanempsall.substack.com/p/todays-bad...

Let us urgently pray for peace in the Holy Land. May we mourn for the people of both Israel and Palestine while strongly condemning all violence, terrorism, apartheid, antisemitism, and Islamophobia.

All lives hold equal value. Jesus weeps for the suffering in both Israel and Gaza.