Slaughter of the Innocents

For the children who died by Herod’s word before they even learned to talk, O LORD, hear our prayer. For the boy who will not see his 13th birthday, O LORD, hear our prayer. For the girl who never got to hold up 8 fingers to show her age, O LORD, hear our...

God in STL

You are a very particular kind of God: gathering in the freedom of abandoned houses that police come to prowl with guns drawn, cursing in protest through midnight streets while teargas clouds the neighborhood air. You are a very particular kind of God: filling with a...

Solidarity

ONE LOVE one body one spirit one hope ONE LOVE one sacred one faith one rhythm ONE LOVE your heartbeat my heartbeat our heartache ONE LOVE one breath one death one life ONE LOVE one song one wail one cause ONE LOVE your injury my confession our brokenness ONE LOVE one...

Exorcising Racism

Would that demons could be sweet-talked into release, that the perfect petition correct niceties best biblical treatise purest sacrifice would send them fleeing over the cliffs. Then the President would sing, then Bree would climb freely, then the sweet by-and-by...

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